Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

 
Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Crankshaft endplay
jmargush
post Mar 23 2013, 03:59 PM
Post #1


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 465
Joined: 8-June 04
From: Goshen, IN
Member No.: 2,176



I just put my case halves together and after I got everything torqued down I checked the crank and it it spins free.

However the end play seems a little excessive. Haven't measured it yet but guess is it is atleast .125"

Is this due to the distributor drive not being installed yet and/or the flywheel not installed yet either?

Just nervous as this is the first time at building one up.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
AE354803
post Mar 23 2013, 04:19 PM
Post #2


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 232
Joined: 13-August 12
From: Southern California
Member No.: 14,801
Region Association: Southern California





Flywheel has to be installed, you adjust the shims between the flywheel and the crank until you get end play of 0.003-0.005"

or do math, install only the two thicker shims and figure out what size to put in to bring you to 0.003-0.005, then reinstall and measure
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
mrbubblehead
post Mar 23 2013, 05:04 PM
Post #3


Twodollardoug
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,155
Joined: 17-December 10
From: calimesa ca.
Member No.: 12,492
Region Association: Southern California



your fine, carry on.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Mark Henry
post Mar 23 2013, 07:16 PM
Post #4


that's what I do!
***************

Group: Members
Posts: 20,065
Joined: 27-December 02
From: Port Hope, Ontario
Member No.: 26
Region Association: Canada



At this point you should have 2 shims (to measure end play, no seal in yet) and flywheel temporarily in place.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
jmargush
post Mar 24 2013, 05:55 AM
Post #5


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 465
Joined: 8-June 04
From: Goshen, IN
Member No.: 2,176



Thanks guys!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
eyesright
post Mar 24 2013, 07:18 AM
Post #6


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 430
Joined: 8-January 12
From: OK
Member No.: 13,979
Region Association: Southwest Region



I just put in my first rebuild too. I decided whattheheck, just put the three shims/spacers in that came off on the tear down and see how close that is, nothingtolose since if you start with the two shims you usually have to add a third anyway. ...Dial indicator showed it was right at .004. I got lucky.

You're right, there sure is a lot of slop before you put the flywheel on.

I'll try to start it this week. Good luck on yours.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 26th December 2024 - 04:54 AM