View Single Post
ChrisBennet ChrisBennet is offline
Irrationally exuberant
 
ChrisBennet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Nashua, NH USA
Posts: 8,164
Garage
Until the expert chime in...
I looked through my records and found the the numbers for a 964 motor I did. It had .04mm of backlash.
I dug a little further and discovered some notes on a 3.0L that had .14mm (!) of backlash and a note that the backlash was measured with new (uncrushed) bearings.
Now I measure the backlash before I remove the intermediate shaft from the case. I suppose assembling the case to crush the bearings would also work though I haven't tried it.
-Chris
__________________
'80 911 Nogaro blue Phoenix!
'07 BMW 328i 245K miles!
http://members.rennlist.org/messinwith911s/
Old 11-15-2005, 06:52 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #2 (permalink)