Well.. I wouldn't even be asking this if I wasn't on a budget...

I had a REALLY subborn flywheel.. Took a 4lb minisledge and some anger to get it... and before I bought the sledge, I accidentally nick'd the friction surface with a normal hammer.. Made a little ding. I'll be taking the flywheel to get resurfaced, and I'm wondering how much they take off on average when they resurface a flywheel. How many thousanths? I'll measure the ding with a dial indicator to see how deep it is...

If I wasn't s'damn broke, I'd just pony up and get a used flywheel locally...

 

well ussualy they just take off enough to bring the hot spots and low/high spots down to fresh metal, so ussualy less than .010 or even .005. Depending on the ding's depth id say its probably gonna be too deep to machine out

 

I can barely feel it with my fingers... I'll go get measurements..

 

Itm ight be ok then. If its any deeper than say 2 sheets of construction paper stacked together it might be too deep. This is all just a guess though, I could be totally wrong. But my experiance has been that not much can be taken away, especially from a used or high milage flywheel that might already be worn down a good bit or be badly uneven, leaving alot to be taken away to get a smooth surface

 

Oh... its way less than that... I just measured it. I got .014 difference between the normal surface and the bottom of the ding. With fluctuations between .009 and .020... its hard to measure since my relative surface is also worn; but .014 was the most consistent reading I got.

So.. the thickness of say.... the front page of a magazine... slightly thicker than normal paper.. but not card stock by any means..

If it was wear marks on an iron.. I'd toss the iron... But, I hardly take my irons to get milled.

 

Might be fine then. Im sure they can take that much down safely

 

Sweet. Thanks. I guess we'll find out.

 

What year and how much do you want to spend on a flywheel, I know its hard to be strapped for cash and I can help out.

 

S5 NA... I'd like to spend very little. Also, you are in Ohio.. so shipping alone is probably close to as much as I'm willing to pay for a used flywheel.... But.. what did you have in mind. Shoot me a PM.

 

It costs about $50 to have a flywheel resurfaced, so it's something that I do anytime it looks like it might need to be done. Clutch chatter really annoys me...If you have any amount of miles on the flywheel and clutch assembly, resurface it.

 

That was never the question. I always get flywheels resurfaced when changing a clutch... The question was to whether resurfacing would eliminate the ding I accidentally made.

 

https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/removing-flywheel-621118/

I always get laughed at when I tell people to use a gear puller to remove the flywheel. That probably would have been cheaper then getting the flywheel resurfaced.

B

 

Okay... What?!

First of all.. there's no substitute to resurfacing a flywheel.

Also... did you read the post before replying? I don't need help removing the flywheel.


My first attempt was a rubber mallet - as always.. Second attempt was a steel hammer on the correct surfaces (I slipped accidentally... which is the origin of this post).. My third attempt was a gear puller. I placed a mouse pad I folded into quarters over the e-shaft so I didn't damage it. The gear puller did not work. I broke the gear puller. It was kind of a cheap-o one.. but still... even with me hitting the flywheel with the rubber mallet and the gear puller pulling.. nothing...

Thats why I bought the 4lb minisledge. Worked on the first try.




I'll post my findings after I get this thing resurfaced.