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Old 09-30-2015, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Large Arbor View Post
Ok, so I set the dial indicator to "0" at 12 o'clock. Turned the crank and at 9 o'clock I read -45 (I say negative as the indicator moved counterclockwise) and -39 at 6 'o'clock and 0 at 3 o'clock. I would take this to mean that if I was not using the current dowls I would need to move at least 21 thousands in the 9 o'clock direction and 21 thousandss in the 6 o'clock position. Is this right?

Phil
Those 4 readings are another story - your .02 inch out vertically (toward 6 o'clock) and .025 inches out horizontally (towards 9 o'clock) which is a lot. if it was dialed in by a previous owner he must have been Stevie Wonder.

Remember that you need to move the bellhousing "half" of the difference in measurement of 3 and 9 o'clock and "half of the difference in measurements of the 12 and 6 o'clock - in order to center the bellhousing.
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