I agree that you do not have to adjust the shims, but just to be picky...
the shims go between the flywheel and the main bearing (not the crankshaft).

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Arnott
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 8:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?

No. You do not. It might be a good time to check the crankshaft end
play, but I would not change it.

The shims control the end float of the crankshaft.  They go on the
other side. (Between the flywheel and the crankshaft.) The machining
on a flywheel is on the side away from the crank.

As long as it's the same flywheel being mated to the same crankshaft,
I would not change a thing. (Which I am doing in the morning.)

Jim

On May 21, 2010, at 5:30 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Do you, or do you not - adjust the shims after having the
> flywheel machined?