Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:04:29 -0400
Reply-To: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
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i tried using that cute little seal when i put my engine conversion
together. i was in a big rush because of some other factors. i tried
putting the seal in and the trans on three times but i couldn't get the
seal to work for me. i taped it in flush with the end of the flywheel if
i remember but it kept coming out somehow when i would slide the trans on.
its something for me to figure out this summer when i pull the trans
again. i never thought about the fact that the flywheel/crank bore could
be under size causing the ID of the seal to be too small for the input
shaft to slide through, but that makes good sense.
jonathan
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> The felt washer is available for about $1.00 from the dealer. The
> problem is the retainer if it is lost or worn. One option is to get the
> pilot bearing from Beck Arnley. Theirs is a little bit longer but
> includes an actual seal. You will have to bore out the center of the
> flywheel or grind the step out of the crank bore to use it though due to
> the increased length.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike Collum
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:23 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
>
> I developed a problem over the winter with the rear of the westy being
> covered with oil with what appeared to be a corresponding drop in engine
> oil
> level. I kept the engine oil topped up, but, at highway speeds
> especially,
> the oil mist to the rear must've been nasty for tailgaters. I had a
> shuddering clutch when I bought the van but the clutch didn't slip any
> until
> after the oil leak showed up. Then it only slipped when under greater
> than
> normal load.
>
> Anyway, I found an oily mess in the clutch housing ... but not on the
> engine
> side of the flywheel where I expected to see it. The transmission's
> mainshaft is badly scored where it rides in the pilot bearing and I'll
> be
> replacing the shaft and seal.
>
> All but one of the flywheel bolts came out without a problem, but one
> was
> really buggered up to start with (looks like someone tried to remove it
> and
> gave up). No way was an Allen driver going to grab in this one. Well,
> a
> Craftsman "Bolt Out" #12 did the trick. By the way, instead of a
> flywheel
> lock, I just inserted a Phillips head screwdriver through one of the
> pressure plate holes ... through the hole in the engine case and it did
> the
> job nicely.
>
> I found the pilot bearing to be intact. All the rollers were in place
> but
> not well lubricated. The felt washer and its retainer were missing
> which
> brings me to a question.
>
> Can a felt washer be fabricated to do the job of the original?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine
> '85 Westy 4 spd
> '84 7 pass auto
>
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