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Old 12-10-2023, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mgarblik View Post
I have used 4-5 of the Lakewood housings over the last 40+ years. Big, clunky, heavy and strong. They all require dial indicating to make the transmission shift smoothly and not kill the pilot/input bearing.
I have seen a later Lakewood scattershield be as much as .012 offset from the crank centerline.

I bought the tool to check the centerlines (from Browell) at least 20 years ago.

Worth every penny.

Tom V.

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