John,

It is awful to hear the troubles you have had here. To my recollection
you are not the first to have such problems though with mating up the
velvet drive. This goes to my comment earlier about the exceptional
engineering done by Beta when it came to their bobtail kit for the
Velvet drive. It was as simple as tightening four bolts (actually two
studs and two bolts) and two hose fittings. The bell was the right
length. No shims, no spacers – one piece. And the new damper plate was
included.

Hopefully you will be back on the air soon and your wallet also restored.

All the best,

Pete

On 11/15/2011 4:05 PM, John Stevenson wrote: