3B flywheel conversion problems...

[Jim Green]

On 4/28/06, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>
> Well I went to put the engine in today, got it out my front door and down
> the steps (interesting to say the least as I was by myself). So far I've hit
> two problems. First off KEP sent the wrong disc. The box was correct, but
> it's contents were wrong. I have the correct one comming overnight saturday
> delivery. I decided to keep going anyway to make sure everything went smooth
> tomorrow, and I'm glad I did. The 3b TO bearing I bought does not fit the
> 5ktq fork. The way it latches on isn't even close, and I see no way of
> adapting it to fit. Worse yet is the old 5ktq bearing BARELY mates to the
> springs on the 3B pressure plate. If I can't figure something out I'm going
> to try the 5k bearing and hope for the best I guess.
>
>
> Jim/Jeff, any ideas whats going on? I'm thinking I need a 016 TO fork for
> the 3B bearing?
>
> I weighed all of the new components BTW, I'll post more on this later, but
> suffice it to say that 10lbs is now missing from the driveline.
>
> -Cody Forbes
>
> Damn, sorry about this!  Yea, you'll need the fork from an MC2 or 3B car,
anyone out there have one for him?


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Jim Green
'89 90 GT35R quattro
'89 80q
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