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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 10-August 21 From: Wenatchee, WA Member No.: 25,793 Region Association: Pacific Northwest ![]() |
Moved from topic of first start of 10 year old build to tear down, inspect and reassemble. The 10 year old build is from a 73 1.7 to a 2270. Stroked to 78 mm and 96 mm cylinder diameter. Heads are Ham/RAT with 36 mm exhaust and 44 mm intake. Both are nicely ported.
Have torn it down to the case and checking crank end play before I split the case and pull the cam and crank. So far, everything is new and looks in good order. I'm concerned about oil passages being blocked with old assembly lube so a complete tear down and reassemble is happening. Discovered stacked cylinder spacers (4) totaling .150". So looking to replace those with single spacers. So far I can only find .160" spacers from type 4 store and may just use them as impact on compression appears minimal. Was shocked to discover crank end play is .450"! Sure glad I didn't try to start this thing. Will check again in the morning to make sure I'm checking it correctly, but I'm doing the same thing on the videos such as Ian Carrs YouTube engine builds so pretty sure I'm checking it correctly. Now to figure out what to do about that huge end play. Any thoughts about what to watch out for? |
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technicalninja |
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The method you are using to determine crankshaft end play, locking the base of the dial indicator to the flywheel flange and picking a reference spot on the case, is TEXTBOOK PERFECT for 95% of the internal combustion engines ever built... It's NOT how you do it on an air-cooled VW or any other engine that uses shims between the flywheel and the crankshaft to make the thrust adjustment. That same 95% of all of the other engines don't have a cool way to adjust CS end play. You buy thicker thrust bearings or you machine/mill what you have if more clearance is needed. Edit: a chunk of modern glass, 240-600 grit wet sandpaper and WD40 is how I've increased thrust clearance every time I've needed space. I've NEVER actually had one "milled" in my life... |
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