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Offline jeffen

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Mk 5 Tappets
« on: 11 Jul 2010 at 09:02 »
My tappets are dished by 6-8 thou.  Assuming that they are case hardened is there enough depth of hardness for me to grind back?

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Re: Mk 5 Tappets
« Reply #1 on: 11 Jul 2010 at 15:49 »
Jeffen,
           There should be enough depth of case for you to regrind your tappets - assuming, of course, that they have not already been reground. There are normally case hardened to a depth of about 20 -25 thou.
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                                             Eddie.

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Re: Mk 5 Tappets
« Reply #2 on: 13 Jul 2010 at 15:59 »
Thanks Eddie,
Jeff