Flywheel And Housing; General Information - Perkins 2800 Workshop Manual

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Flywheel and housing

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General information

The steel flywheel is fitted with a hardened starter ring. The flywheel is fastened securely to the rear face of
the crankshaft by a clamp ring and 12 bolts.
A dowel ensures that, when the flywheel is fitted, the timing marks on the flywheel are in the correct relationship
to the crankshaft.
The flywheel housing is located on the crankcase by two dowels and is retained by 24 bolts and washers. The
electric starter motor is mounted on the left side of the flywheel housing and a facility is provided on the right
side for setting the engine to the correct timing position for the purposes of checking and adjustment. The cover
(A1) can be removed for the insertion of the engine barring tool and the plug (A3) is removed for insertion of
the timing bolt (A1). The engine barring tool can be used to rotate the engine until the timing bolt can be
inserted in the flywheel. When the timing bolt can be inserted, dependent on the stroke, the piston of either
number one or number six cylinder will be at top dead centre.
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