End play - new fly wheel · Aussieveedubbers

Strogger Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Feb 2015 · 9 Aug 2015, 6:53 pm

#1017565

Hi Team,
Had a flywheel with a trashed ring gear.
Replaced with a brand new part out of the box, also replaced rear main oil seal and oring on the crank.

Left existing shims in situ and installed new flywheel torquing glad nut to spec.

Yanking on the front pulley doesn't give any feeling of movement.?
The web says don't re shim on an old engine, but is this accurate or am I paranoid.?

Engine turns over by hand with normal effort, not binding or sticking..

Appreciate thoughts before I go to far (engine mounted, but pan still separate from car)

Thanks, Anthony.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Aug 2015, 6:58 pm

#1017566

g'day

You have changed the flywheel so you need to reset it.
The flywheels will be different

"The web says don't re shim on an old engine" - this is for when EVERYTHING is the same

Futue te ipsum!!!

Strogger Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Feb 2015 · 9 Aug 2015, 7:08 pm

#1017568

Hey, thanks for the quick reply..

I knew it was too good to be true.
So engine comes back out and clutch / flywheel off. Sigh..

Lucky it's a public holiday up here on Wednesday and I took mon / tues off.. 😂

vduboy Insano Dub Head

702 posts · joined Oct 2012 · 11 Aug 2015, 12:46 pm

#1017646

Before you pull it back out, back off your clutch arm and measure the free play with a dial gauge, you might get lucky and it might be within spec.

It will all be OK in the end, if it's not OK it's not the end!