The GP manual recommends using silicone or Permatex or something. I would think that whatever it is glued on with would come off with a small propane torch and prying with a knife or gasket scraper.
Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt....@mylist.net]On Behalf Of jg7...@mindspring.com Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:45 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Re: barrel shims Hi mark, John Godwin here, Dan's shims look as though they were put on with locktite or something similar. I'm not to sure how to remove them without damaging them. i did see an entry in the great planes book about doing this but I am not sure why. Maybe we should ask Steve Bennett. I did tell Dan that he should just get a Corvair but he is kind of attached to the Bug engine, LOL. Sorry for that one Dan. By the way Dan, that is some beautiful workmanship on the KR. > [Original Message] > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 7/30/2006 8:43:01 AM > Subject: Re: KR> Re: barrel shims > > > Mark L. may be able to help out here, as he actually swung off spanners in > a > > VW workshop IIRC some time ago. > > I've never seen one stuck before that a little cajoling with a gasket > scraper wouldn't loosen up. Yours are apparently glued on with something, > so I'd ask the clown that glued them on what it takes to get them off. Or > like you said, get some new ones headed your way. Your local aftermarket VW > guy probably has them on the shelf, and that would help ensure no oil leaks > from deformed barrel shims. It's worth a few bucks to stop an oil leak any > day... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
