well the other day my flywheel bolt came loose and the flywheel came off place so it wasnt spinning w/ the engine. I just heard that with that happening i may have messed up my rear engine bearing. is this true and if so will i have to pull and rebuild the engine to fix it?

 

i guess the bearing could be bad but pull it and look the odds are u broke the woodruff key and wull need a new one, and u will have to look at the e shaft for damage!!

 

are you sure the flywheel came off
the engine would vibrate pretty bad
and how did you manage to get hte nut to come out and have the key fall out?

just botl it back up and keep driving if everythign looks a-ok

 

yea the previous owner i guess he tried to put the bolt bak on with pliers or sumthing becuz it has strip makrs on it

 

do you mean the STOCK flywheel, and the SUPERNUT came off?
or do you haev an aftermarket flywheel with the 6 bolts?

buy the flywheel wrench from mazdatrix, and tighten it.... its really easy and tightens it pretyt good, since its 2 foot logn


unless you have impact gun or those beautiful sweet tools... then just buy a 2 1/8 socket

 

Wow, the stock flywheel nut is supposed to be torqued to something like 300ft/lbs. Its also supposed to have thread locker on the nut, (52mm or 2 1/8th").

I cant really see how the key could have came out, since I would assume (there goes that word again) that the clutch, clutch disk, throw out bearing, and clutch release fork MIGHT keep the flywheel "on" the e-shaft. The key could have very well broken.

An inspection is neccesary.

 

What the hell are strip makrs? Even saying because it has strip marks on it doesn't make any sense..

 

hey your lucky that your were not at 9grand when it came off, that would of went through your floor pan.

but if you guys are interested i have a racing beat lighting flywheel for sale. low miles.

 

strip marks meaning, if he used pliers, he slipped and scratched the bolt like if he was using vice grips. the flywheel didnt come off completly but it was just spnning freely. like if u got onder the car and spun it, it would spin like a wheel. and im really not trying to buy one from mazda trix bcuz its a tool i only plan on using once. i was also told i need a woodruff key. where can i get one of those?