  Left-right symmetric models provide a natural framework for neutrinoless
double beta ($\znbb$) decay. In the analysis of $\znbb$ decay in left-right
symmetric models, however, it is usually assumed that all neutrinos are light.
On the other hand, heavy {\it right-handed} neutrinos appear quite naturally in
left-right symmetric models and should therefore not be neglected. Assuming the
existence of at least one right-handed heavy neutrino, absence of $\znbb$ decay
of $^{76}$Ge currently provides the following limits on the mass and mixing
angle of right-handed W-bosons: $m_{W_R}\ge 1.1 $ TeV and $\tan(\zeta) \le 4.7
\times 10^{-3}$ for a particular value of the effective right-handed neutrino
mass, $\emnv = 1$ TeV, and in the limit of infinitly massive doubly charged
Higgs ($\Delta^{--}$). The effects of the inclusion of the Higgs triplet on
$\znbb$ decay are also discussed.
