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Called Napa...they will pick up/machine/drop off for $40. Lol
Need opinions on this Flywheel please: Or have 1 for sale? (1 Viewer)
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Make sure they understand the stepped flywheel design (they should), heard on occasion where some won’t or can’t handle the step design.
Also, I doubt that rusty spare you have is bad, probably just surface rust that will clean right off. FWs are thick heavy metal, I just had the same rusty Toyota FW machined a couple weeks ago, looks brand new.
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They actually charge 35 for flat and 40 for stepped...so, guessing they know. Any idea what actual specs are?
I guess at the extreme, you’ve passed the minimum thickness of the flywheel when the clutch disc contacts the flywheel bolts.
This could be measured with the used clutch disc and the flywheel still on the truck.
To be clear, the flywheel would have been resurfaced a lot of times for it to get thin enough for the disc to hit the bolts.
This could be measured with the used clutch disc and the flywheel still on the truck.
To be clear, the flywheel would have been resurfaced a lot of times for it to get thin enough for the disc to hit the bolts.
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The step dimension is in the machinists handbook at the machine shop.
I may need schooled on this, but if the FW appears in good shape, why not just scuff the surface with some emery cloth and call it good until the engine is rebuilt? This is a heavy FW on a low RPM motor. I'm asking to be set straight.
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That other 10-20% would be ring gear chewed up, bad driving habits on an old engine, or bad luck?
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exactly what I was wondering...
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Usually poor driving which means lots of clutch slippage, leading to severely burned FW friction surface.
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So much for that....knew that Flywheel was too good to be true. Smart enough to use PP credit tho!!!
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Thats what Im going to have done...ya!
