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On 22 May 2006 at 10:19, Jim Adney wrote: > On 22 May 2006 at 8:18, Matthew Jones wrote: > > > Thanks guys. It was the crappy O-ring from my gasket kit getting > > pinched. Even with oil on it, it wouldn't slip past the nose of the > > crank. I went and got a nice grey one which looks graphited, and it > > just slipped on fine. Gap is now 1.25mm which needed 4 shims to take > > out, but all is OK. I should also verify that you did this with NO gasket (paper or metal) between the flywheel and crank. Those are not used with the O-ring crank. If you put one in, that would explain the 4th shim. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~