Dowel on flywheel dg engine
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Dowel on flywheel dg engine
I want to rotate my flywheel by a fifth of a rotation as the ring gear is worn in the normal crank stopping places. It has a dowel in the crank so I would drill another hole in the next quadrant of the flywheel holes. Is there any reason the crank has a dowel and any reason I can’t rotate by a fifth. I am guessing the dowel is needed if a flywheel has a TDC mark or something, but I can’t see anything like that.
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Re: Dowel on flywheel dg engine
I dont understand what you're trying to achieve.
TDC mark on the pulley is a U shaped groove and the timing mark is a V shaped groove.
I thought the tdc arrow/mark was on the clutch for the flywheel.
TDC mark on the pulley is a U shaped groove and the timing mark is a V shaped groove.
I thought the tdc arrow/mark was on the clutch for the flywheel.
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Re: Dowel on flywheel dg engine
Flywheel has a TDC pickup on the back , should be a pickup cable coming from the top of the case face the connector of which should be secured to the alternator, it only works with the original factory VW diagnostics tool/scanner; most engines that have been rebuilt have lost the sensor and cable and now just have a hole in the case or the shortened remains of the sensor acting as a bung
so that's why the flywheel is dowelled and the bolt pattern odd
so that's why the flywheel is dowelled and the bolt pattern odd
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Re: Dowel on flywheel dg engine
Aidan wrote: ↑29 Apr 2024, 19:55 Flywheel has a TDC pickup on the back , should be a pickup cable coming from the top of the case face the connector of which should be secured to the alternator, it only works with the original factory VW diagnostics tool/scanner; most engines that have been rebuilt have lost the sensor and cable and now just have a hole in the case or the shortened remains of the sensor acting as a bung
so that's why the flywheel is dowelled and the bolt pattern odd
Forgot about that! . All the ones I've seen have been cut as there are defunct so it just gets omitted from my brain..
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Re: Dowel on flywheel dg engine
Useful info thanks. I will reuse the flywheel now I can rotate it 1/5 .
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Re: Dowel on flywheel dg engine
Is it worth drilling a hole for the dowel in the flywheel or just removing dowel from crankshaft I wonder. I guess if it pulls out easily…still getting over 2 broken head studs and crankcase welding on eroded water jacket.. so trying to save the environment and the cash..