flywheel oil seal replacement

[MarkC68]

Ok,put the shims which where originally fitted,leave the oil seal off and put the flywheel back on.You have to measure the endfloat with the flywheel fitted.

The bearing at the flywheel end should not move as it has a lip on either side of the bearing which holds it tightly in the case.It shows that the thrust at least will need recutting for that bearing and probably an align bore too.

But first check the endfloat with the flywheel on,you could get a few more miles out of it yet,then start saving up for a rebuild whilst you're using it.

Thanks for the reply, your reply confirmed what we thought. On further investigation we found that not only does the bearing by a couple of mm but also when you move the crank, it goes up and down, side to side and diagonally. Summat is amiss for sure!! Think we gonna trade for a 1641 motor!