[Spits] 78 Spit

[Robert Rutherford]

Correct. My bad - tired. Back to prying on crank pulley with big lever as I
did on my engine, movement was over 1/8th inch.


On 2010-03-15, at 8:56 PM, Jim Muller wrote:

> On 15 Mar 2010 at 20:02, Robert Rutherford wrote:
>
>> Alternately with handbrake on, engage clutch in first gear, stop engine
>> to observe crankshaft pulley to engine block gap. Restart engine and
select
>> engage clutch in reverse, stop engine and observe crankshaft pulley to
engine
>> block gap.
>
> Please, why would this show whether the thrust washers are okay?
> Fore and aft thrust of the rear wheels is taken up by the traling
> arms at the rear, and depressing the clutch pedal presses the
> crankshaft forward in both cases.  So why should the selected gear
> make it different?
>
> --
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller at rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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