Dennis.

You prompted me to find and post pics I took of a WBX and longer PB
(for Fox?) before installing longer one for my engine conversion.
Ignorantly, didn't check at time of install if longer bearing was
sealed type. I think I see a hint of seal in pic. Still, the longer
one in my KEP "Vanagon" (VW I4 bolt pattern) flywheel still looks
fine.

Checked receipts. Longer PB PN is 111 105 313 A or 056 105 313 C. The
second one is a higher price. Likely it's the longer one.

I'm glad I actually took time to read up on the input shaft swap. I
wrote up what I did and posted. It was a little tricky to set the
input shaft back by one spline, but I triple checked that to make
sure. The mechanics mirror was handy for that.

PB's compared:

http://tinyurl.com/yaocwow

http://tinyurl.com/yzuqvgd

Neil.

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Waterboxer is different as the reverse gear is not there. Very important
> note when re-assembling. Do not make the shaft tight together before pushing
> the coupling down. Back off at least one spline so that the shaft can wobble
> slightly in the coupling. Failure to leave some slack will result in that
> stud breaking at a minimum.
>
> Those longer pilot bearings with the seal eliminates the need for the felt
> washer. If using this on a water boxer or air cooled you have to make sure
> the full length of the bearing will fit in the crankshaft bore. Otherwise
> the flywheel will crush it unless you bore the flywheel out to accept it.
> You can also drill out the step in the crankshaft. Often, when a pilot
> bearing fails the ring that holds the felt washer in place gets wiped out.
> As that part is not readily available, the longer pilot bearing is a good
> fix and an upgrade.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil n
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Input Shaft Removal etc PICS
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:52 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> As promised.
>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/InputShaftRRDKAirCooledTransmission#
>>
>
>
> Note. This shows the DK (air cooled. Same as diesel IIRC)
>
> May also shed light for WBX transmission input shaft.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
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>
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