Originally Posted by
Cain
Also, what is the final consensus when it comes to putting an extra shim under the sun gears? I tried that by adding in the same shim already there and it became wayy too tight. Is there something I am missing here, maybe removing some other shim or something?
Stock shims are .2mm each (at least, that's what they are specced at....)
I found that one under each gear was too loose, and 2 under each gear was too tight. If I put one under one side, and 2 under the other, it seemed just right. (I feel like I'm reading Goldilocks and the three bears to my 4 yr old!)
Since I don't like the idea of uneven shimming (not sure why...I just don't!) I decided to try to find some 0.3mm shims. Xray has some 5x15x0.3mm "washers" that fit perfectly, and with the extra outer diameter, they seem to allow less play too! Zero parasitic drag.
That's what I've been running, and 3 rebuilds later, the Xray washers are still in perfect shape.