Description
Overview:
The Engine Shim Washer for Machinery is a C-shaped metal spacer used to set and maintain precise clearances in engines and rotating assemblies. Built from durable metal for consistent performance, it helps align components, reduce play, and control end-float where tight tolerances matter. The open "C" profile lets you slip the shim into position around a shaft, pin, or bolt without fully stripping an assembly, making it practical for workshop and site repairs. Suitable for construction plant, agricultural kit, and garden machinery, it is commonly used with engines, gearboxes, pumps, and driven accessories such as alternators and PTOs. Choose the thickness that matches the required clearance and verify with a feeler gauge to maintain reliability and efficiency.
Key Features:
- C-shaped design for quick placement without complete disassembly
- Helps set axial clearance and end-float for accurate alignment
- Flat, uniform thickness for dependable spacing
- Durable metal construction for long service life under load
- Smooth faces to minimise marking of adjacent components
- Supports consistent performance by keeping parts within tolerance
- Versatile across engines, transmissions, and rotating equipment
- Easy to fit using standard hand tools
- Suitable for both planned maintenance and on-the-spot adjustments
- A practical addition to service kits for plant and garden machinery
Typical Applications:
Used to fine-tune clearances on crankshafts, camshafts, gearbox shafts, and bearing housings. Ideal for positioning pulleys, sprockets, and gears, setting pump and PTO end-float, and aligning mower deck spindles and other rotating parts. Common in workshops, on-site service vans, and maintenance departments where quick, accurate spacing adjustments are needed.
Also known as:
Often referred to as a C-washer, C-shim, slotted washer, slotted shim, half-moon washer, adjustment washer, alignment shim, packing shim, thrust shim, or spacer ring. These terms are used across engine, transmission, and general machinery servicing to describe thin metal shims used for precision spacing and alignment.
Product Specifications
| L&S Part No. | ENGINE SHIMS |
|---|---|
| Unit of Sale | 1 |
| Machine Type | Engines |
| Key Features | - C-shaped design allows placement without full disassembly - Durable metal construction ensures long service life - Suitable for engines, gearboxes, pumps, and accessories - Supports precise alignment by setting axial clearance - Fits using standard hand tools for easy adjustments |
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