I measured my crankshaft endplay with a dial indicator,
and I got .012". (The spec is .004 to .008") Does
anybody know how much play you have to get before there
is a risk of the thrust washer falling out?
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 12:42 PM 5/16/00 -0400, Tburke4@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 05/16/2000 9:25:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>alemen@pop.ftconnect.com writes:
>
>Alan,
>
>Pulling on the crank pulley (or operating the clutch while someone watches
>the pulley, not running) will reveal some forward movement. Mine moved
>forward enough to produce an audible "click". According to the machinist,
>that's a sign of a worn TW. A tight engine should move hardly at all. They
>can wear enough to drop into the sump which means very bad things for the
>crank and the block as they contact each other.
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