Removed pulley. Did not have clutch pressed in. Bearing moved!
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Removed pulley. Did not have clutch pressed in. Bearing moved!
Thankfully not me! Guy I ran into at a car show today. 13b in a VW Bug.
He just had the engine rebuilt by Atkins, but decided to swap out the main pulley himself. Did not know to hold down the clutch, and now can’t get the woodruff key back in the shaft, and a local mechanic is telling most likely the shaft moved and his thrust bearing dropped out of place.
How much of a rebuild is he into? Local guy is saying just the front cover. That true?
He just had the engine rebuilt by Atkins, but decided to swap out the main pulley himself. Did not know to hold down the clutch, and now can’t get the woodruff key back in the shaft, and a local mechanic is telling most likely the shaft moved and his thrust bearing dropped out of place.
How much of a rebuild is he into? Local guy is saying just the front cover. That true?
Last edited by Slow_sevens; 05-06-23 at 08:45 PM.
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He would need to remove the engine, point the front in the air and remove the front cover. Then disassemble the front parts off the e-shaft and reset the backlash. The engine itself does not need to have the tension bolts removed. The procedure is in the engine section of the factory service manual.
Forgot to add, he probably needs to a new torrington bearing.
Forgot to add, he probably needs to a new torrington bearing.
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The front cover and everything stacked beneath the pulley has to come off. Might be able to do it with the engine in the car, but an engine on a stand facing up is the guaranteed way to make sure they don't fall.
Front stack assembly at 44:20 mark :
Front stack assembly at 44:20 mark :
Last edited by j_tso; 05-06-23 at 09:52 PM.
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He would need to remove the engine, point the front in the air and remove the front cover. Then disassemble the front parts off the e-shaft and reset the backlash. The engine itself does not need to have the tension bolts removed. The procedure is in the engine section of the factory service manual.
Forgot to add, he probably needs to a new torrington bearing.
Forgot to add, he probably needs to a new torrington bearing.
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