Before installing front cover I measured end play at .002" using the lift the flywheel by hand method. With a used crush washer on the e-shaft bolt and no assembly lube on the front stack. Then I Installed the front cover (with new gasket and silicone, new o-ring), put a new crush washer on the e-shaft bolt with some silicone infront and behind the crush washer, and assembly lube on the needle bearings + thrust plate and now I measure .0014" end play when lifting the flywheel.

If I put a long screwdriver under the front pulley, and lift it rather hard, I can get exactly .002" and absolutely no more. So should this motor be installed or should I redo the end float. ?????

 

your motor is right on the money at .002. i do 1.8 (hard). it probably tightened up a tad because you had some lube/loctite on the threads on the final install giving you more compression at the same tq reading.

endplay is important and you are right to take a good look at it.

good luck,

howard

 

So I'm okay?

 

I ended up removing the pulley and reinstalling. With much less silicone under the bolt and only torqued it to 80 ft lbs. Got .0019" wet when lifting the flywheel and .0025" wet when prying on the front pulley.

It was interesting to see the affect of e-shaft bolt torque vs. endplay. Also minimal effort to increase torque from 60 to 70, and 70 to 80. But to go from 80 to 90 ft lbs the bolt had to be turned 1/8 of a rotation.