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220 lbs is pretty tight. Back in my younger decades I did air cooled VW
repairs and the gland nut on the flywheel was to be tightened to 225
ft/lbs., plus locktite. This took a 4' pipe on a 3/4" drive socket to
break loose. I also used the pipe and my bathroom scale to get it
tightened properly before I got a 250 ft/lb torque wrench.
The design was different than the Roadster 5th gear in that the VW used
4 machined pins to locate the flywheel, which didn't allow for any slop.
As I understand it the 5th gear is splined and has a small amount of
slop, which allows the nut to loosen up. I always wondered if it was
really required that the gland nut be that tight, or whether they just
wanted to be SURE it wouldn't come loose no matter what!
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Brian Hollands:
> Yeah... Don't heat the nuts.
> If it's a double nut main shaft the assembly spec as I recall is to tighten
> the front nut against the gear cluster at about 20 or 25 Ft. lbs (check that
> figure) and then to back it off against the lock nut at 220ft.lbs! That
> means that the lock nut is TIGHT.
> The pair of wrenches that I used on mine were about a foot long so I secured
> the trans well and then stood and bounced on the end of the wrench until it
> gave in.
>
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