<VV> Vibration, not loose flywheel rivets

Marc Sheridan sheridanma1966 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 27 13:30:55 EDT 2017


I vote for the pilot bearing.

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Eric Lucas via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> Jim,
>
>
> I vote for flywheel. Things may have gone unexpectedly wrong there. You
> could check that without disassembly. Other possibilities are going to get
> more complicated.
>
>
> Eric in Indiana
>
>
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> Cuneo via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 12:46 PM
> To: FrankDuVal; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Vibration, not loose flywheel rivets
>
> Bottom end has 20k miles on it. Crank was magnafluxed, balanced with Dale
> bolted flywheel.
>
> Vibration just became noticeable within the last 500 miles.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: FrankDuVal <corvairduval at cox.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 7:23 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Vibration, not loose flywheel rivets
>
> Was the flywheel just installed?
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> On 4/26/2017 1:16 PM, Matt Nall via VirtualVairs wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone ever experienced a vibration at idle with the trans in
> neutral and the clutch out, only to go away when you push the clutch in?
> Feels like something out of balance. Also noticeable at higher rpm. Pilot
> bearing? Thrust bearing? Something rotating in the trans?
> >
> > 65 140 4 speed with Dale bolted flywheel.
> >
> > Jim in Norcal
> > ============================================
> >
> >
> > 99%  loose rivets....  1 %  broken crankshaft...
> >
> >
> > Matt Nall
> > Charleston, Oregon
>
>
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