Oil contamination and broken or weak springs in the center will also cause chatter when engaging the clutch.
Well, my friend and his son took the tranny out and replaced the clutch and had the flywheel resurfaced. The old one wasn't that bad, but there was no rubber piece over the clutch fork, allowing dirt and water to get on the flywheel. All is well now. Thanks for the comments. Now, on to Kentucky for my trip. Jim
be careful according to baddad450 something or another old flywheels that are machined will blow up and kill you
When did I say that ? If you're going to restart an argument, at least spell my screen name correctly and get your facts straight. Otherwise put a cork in it, you're making an ass of yourself.
http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=70113 Um yea you said that.....more ways than one in this thread which is why I said you were uh wrong....and now you back out and act like you did not say that.....when you did or I wouldn't have laughed at you so hardfor that matter I would not have made a jab at you in this thread.....It's all in good fun....You dish it out at times.....be man enough to take it.....:Handshake The question that begs to be asked though... Who is the ass here? I corrected you and you got mad. Now you say it is okay to use an old flywheel and machine them.....really dude man up and stop being so wishy washy.....you can't have it both ways!!!
A direct quote from BADDAD457..... "Yes, I HAVE had flywheels machined and seen the results when they come apart. There's a minimum thickness for each and I've yet to see a machinst who knew exactly what that was. Unlike brake rotors that have the minimum cast into them, it's always been absent on the ones I've seen. Not only are they potential bombs waiting to go off, when you machine em down you also run into clutch adjustment problems. You want to run old flywheels ? Go right ahead. But don't tell someone else that doesn't know any better that they're perfectly OK. You pulled em out of a junkyard, you have no idea what it was put though by the last person to run it. They could have been using it as an anvil to beat lawnmower blades for all you know."
I said it was ok to machine and reuse a flywheel as long as it was above discard(even if it had micro fractures/hairline cracks as long as it passes an inspection a magnaflux if needed after machining).....and honestly engineers allow some leeway after that.....they never make the discard the be all end all....they pad that number so there is a safety margin so knuckle heads who do machine them do not take them to the "real" discard ....... so I guess what I want to know is do you or do you not agree with what I am saying? IF so great and if not explain why? oh btw in the event you do have a pedal issue sometimes you can fix it by machining the pressure plate face down to around the same amount taken off the flywheel......I learned that just the other day.....just a cool little tidbit!!!!
Where did I say old flywheels would blow up and kill people ? Get your facts straight son. You were the only one who said that flywheels could never come apart. So who's wrong ?
No if you read that thread I stated I seen one at the track let go.....It made a loud noise and some sparks and I wanted to see the after effects but dad did not want to get out of the stands. I know they come a part in rare instances. It is like winning the lottery but it happens. I am having my t-45 5 speed bell housing cut off and an sfi one adapted to it by this company http://www.keislerauto.com/files/FORD%202010%20brochure.pdf Because I am racing and I think any race car should have both sfi bellhousings and sfi fly wheels. But regular cars can do with a factory one.....machined within specs. That is my stance on the subject my keybs;oard bateries are aolst dead
