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posted on February 4th, 2006 at 01:34 PM
1600 flywheel 1200 gearbox
what the best way to make the bigger flywheel fit into the older smaller original gearbox? also maybe some advice about the starter motor bush?
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posted on February 5th, 2006 at 01:03 AM
You need to fit up the gearbox and as you slowly pull it up with the bolts, get someone to turn the motor over from the front to allow the ring gear
teeth to kind of grind or "machine" their way into the soft bellhousing metal. There is not a lot of metal to be removed.
Another strategy is to grind the offending metal off but be very careful with a grinder as the magnesium dust in the case can ignite under sparks and
cause quite a bit of grief! You cant extinguish a magnesium fire so be very, very careful.
A die grinder is probably the best strategy here. less likelyhood of sparking if you touch something steel in there.
You can buy a bronze bush from VW specialists to push into the bellhousing for the starter. The 12V starter has a smaller shaft than the 6V job so its
a simple matter.
Good luck
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
