That is the most important piece. This is the thrust part of the bearing
unless it is a 1.9L case. Take a pic of the bearing area and I'll identify
it for you.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Rogers
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 2:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Crankshaft thrust washer

Dennis thanks for your help, I have shim B and the C shims too as described
on pg 13.41 What I was referring to is the thrust washer A with tab that
points toward the crankshaft bearing. Is A required?

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On Jun 11, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> You need to get out the Bentley and understand the workings of the
> thrust bearing-washer arrangement. This is an extremely critical
> adjustment especially for manual transmissions. There is a key thrust
> surface and there needs to be three washers between the thrust plate and
flywheel shoulder.
> Three is important as once oiled that arrangement slips enough to be
> non-wearing. When applying the clutch all that force pushes the
> flywheel against that washer-thrust plate assembly. There should one
> thrust washer that is larger in outside diameter and the other two
> will need to be the correct thickness required to set the end play. If
> the end play is not correct you can damage the case. Be sure to
> replace that O-ring in the flywheel bore and properly torque the bolts.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Paul Rogers
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:52 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Crankshaft thrust washer
>
> Howdy,
> I have the flywheel off my 2.1 and after poking around I discovered
> that there is no thrust washer and no "funky" washer. I understand the
> latter one does nothing once everything is assembled. My question is
> how important / necessary is the thrust washer? I haven't used this
> engine yet am in the process of checking the crankshaft end play prior
> to installing it. I'm so close to starting the installation and don't want
to blow it now.
> Thanx,
> Paul in Tracy
>
> Sent from my iPad