Grind it.

That thing's seen some heat.

 

needs to be resurfaced, but will survive

 

aight. cool.

I just unbolted it. Time to call up the shop.

 

If you have a slide puller, gank the dowel pins out. If not, make sure they pull them AND give them back to you to reinstall.

 

I would NOT re-surface a flywheel with Cracks in it.
That's a good Way to loose a foot.

 

Big Daddy Don Garlits lost half his foot to an exploding clutch. In fact, it severed the entire tube frame in half...

Yeah, I would agree. Do NOT resurface a flywheel with cracks in it...

 

It weighs 120lbs. wet.

g96nt:

I would NOT re-surface a flywheel with Cracks in it.
That's a good Way to loose a foot.

I hope it'll be fine. I can't afford a new flywheel.

 

i doubt a saab flywheel could explode and hit you.... there are too many objects it would need to go threw first!

JP

 

Doubt what you'd like, but I've seen flywheel come through a FWD transmission, the firewall, and out a roof.

 

ive heard rumours of the same ..... from what i hear same goes with unbalanced clutch plates too

 

that part's new to me.

 

what car was this on?the exploding FWD flywheel

 

actually, it was a Galant Vr4.

 

 

Cool!

 

Ok.. fuck.


I don't have AWD. (which focuses ALL the energy onto the clutch, duh. )

or

934523q45 fucking thousand horsepower running through a 34 puck ninja clutch.


My car will be fine. Thank you for your concerned words. If it does explode and sever my aorta, I'll buy you a beer.

 

HP has nothing to do with it.
It's the speed of the flywheel, the heat in it, and the weight of it.


that's at 6800rpm.

 

when I checked the flywheel from my 9k it was deep crack city...

 

Dan....I've got a flywheel at home from some year Aero; not sure which. Lemme take a peek at it and see if I can see any cracks. If not, you're welcome to it; just pay the $10 or whatever it will take to stuff it into a USPS flat rate box and send it your way.

 

No kidding? Thats awesome man. I'm gonna be dropping it off at a machine shop in a little while, and if they say it's too cracked or worn, or whatever, I'll probably PM you.

Where in VT are you?

 

No kidding? Thats awesome man. I'm gonna be dropping it off at a machine shop in a little while, and if they say it's too cracked or worn, or whatever, I'll probably PM you.

Where in VT are you?

Burlington area....the wrong side of VT for a quick trip to NH. :evil:

 

take the flywheel to a machine shop. if it's salvageable they will resurface it. if not, replace it

 

I dropped the flywheel off at the shop. Will know tomorrow.

 

I'm in white river junction (on nh border) I also have a flywheel from a 9000 aero your welcome to if your close.

 

That looks more like galling than cracking to me...but its tough to tell from the photos.

edit: seeing how his clutch failed I'd bet that's just galling on the surface.

 

Again, are we seeing cracks here, or galling?

 

There were small hairline cracks, and raised areas. The guy at the shop didn't seem too concerned about it, and I assume that he'd seen enough of these to know if there was an issue or not.

Time will tell.


And thanks guys, for helping me out so far.

 

Turned out nice looking. I asked about the cracks, and the guy at the machine shop said they were a non-issue. The raised areas (galling? ) were what he really had to work on.

Forecast of rain for the next few days ought to screw with me though. Till Sunday. Seriously, wtf?