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Railcarmover · 05-03-2018, 08:11 AM

Its the little things that make a nice driver.A transmission main shaft improperly aligned with the crankshaft will work no doubt.But aligning it makes it better.Take shifting,a spur gear transmission relies on matching shaft speeds to shift smoothly,with the transmission main shaft side loaded by alignment issues it wont spin as smoothly and true as an aligned one..small potatoes? yep,till you drive one with an aligned shaft. A smooth releasing,non binding clutch disc wont chatter and will engage and disengage with less effort.

I doubted dialing in a flywheel housing when I worked on heavy duty trucks till I saw and felt the results..a pretty car is nice, a sweet driving car is better..

05-03-2018, 08:11 AM	#12
Railcarmover BANNED Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,262	Re: Excess runout on flywheel Its the little things that make a nice driver.A transmission main shaft improperly aligned with the crankshaft will work no doubt.But aligning it makes it better.Take shifting,a spur gear transmission relies on matching shaft speeds to shift smoothly,with the transmission main shaft side loaded by alignment issues it wont spin as smoothly and true as an aligned one..small potatoes? yep,till you drive one with an aligned shaft. A smooth releasing,non binding clutch disc wont chatter and will engage and disengage with less effort. I doubted dialing in a flywheel housing when I worked on heavy duty trucks till I saw and felt the results..a pretty car is nice, a sweet driving car is better..