The crank on a 1.6 will hit the I-shaft if it's the one that doesn't have the taper cut off the gear.
Both shafts had the taper cutoff the gear?Or teeth the full length of the gear?
My buddy got a shaft like the one on the right,.. and after install he couldn't turn the crank because it hit the I-shaft. Did you take a look to see how close the crank goes to the I-shaft.? Sure it's not 1.5 guts in a 1.6 block right? Those gears can be pressed off and with heat on the gear and a frozen shaft they go right back on. So you can even use a gasser I-shaft,.. that has the reversed gear.
Quote from: fatmobile on August 07, 2018, 10:48:22 pm My buddy got a shaft like the one on the right,.. and after install he couldn't turn the crank because it hit the I-shaft. Did you take a look to see how close the crank goes to the I-shaft.? Sure it's not 1.5 guts in a 1.6 block right? Those gears can be pressed off and with heat on the gear and a frozen shaft they go right back on. So you can even use a gasser I-shaft,.. that has the reversed gear.I put my finger between the crank and shaft/gear at the closest point in rotation IIRC. I haven’t considered if the internals were swapped. The I shaft with the broken flange had the smaller type gear end. I suppose I could measure the crank journals. I’ll have to find the thread with the differences. Something like 44 vs 46?Is this you here talking about your buddy? https://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10397Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yep that's my post. I never saw the crank hit the gear but he's a good mechanic and said it did and after I sold him one with the cut gear it worked fine. That's the size of the 1.6 rod journals.
Another way you can check for straightness is to unbolt the cam, remove the followers and see how much the cam rocks. Since you already know how warped your head is, this would be a good chance to try that and calibrate yourself to what a warped head cam rocks like. Your head doesn't look like it's been surfaced before.