Help, about to install an ex-manual engine to an auto, but having done some home reading the workshop manual. It tells me:
Drive plate - refit
1. Check that bolt holes in crankshaft are clean and dry.
2. Position spacer, less original shims to crankshaft.
3. Position a straight edge across spacer.
4. Measure and record distance between gearbox mating flange of drive plate housing and straight edge.
5. Repeat procedure on opposite side of spacer.
6. Add the 2 measurements obtained together and calculate the average.
7. Calculate the difference between the average figure obtained and 12.4 mm.
8. Select shims from the range available which equal the final figure obtained.
Now I haven't done this and when I reassembled the driveplate onto the engine I noticed the 2 shims are both about the same thickness, but other auto driveplates have different sizes. I doubt my local L/R spares shop has the range of shims! What is the consequence of not doing this?
Drive plate - refit
1. Check that bolt holes in crankshaft are clean and dry.
2. Position spacer, less original shims to crankshaft.
3. Position a straight edge across spacer.
4. Measure and record distance between gearbox mating flange of drive plate housing and straight edge.
5. Repeat procedure on opposite side of spacer.
6. Add the 2 measurements obtained together and calculate the average.
7. Calculate the difference between the average figure obtained and 12.4 mm.
8. Select shims from the range available which equal the final figure obtained.
Now I haven't done this and when I reassembled the driveplate onto the engine I noticed the 2 shims are both about the same thickness, but other auto driveplates have different sizes. I doubt my local L/R spares shop has the range of shims! What is the consequence of not doing this?