Concerning re-finishing stock flywheels...
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Hey guys,
I'm about to pop in a new Textralia clutch, and am a bit confused about refinishing a stock flywheel. How much are you compromising the integrity of the flywheel when refinishing it? Are there any specific tolerances as far as thickness goes that I should know about when bringing it to a shop? Thanks in advance!
I'm about to pop in a new Textralia clutch, and am a bit confused about refinishing a stock flywheel. How much are you compromising the integrity of the flywheel when refinishing it? Are there any specific tolerances as far as thickness goes that I should know about when bringing it to a shop? Thanks in advance!
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If you are replacing a stock clutch & a stock flywheel, any stock flywheel weights are removed from the stock flywheel, the PP is mounted to the new stock flywheel & the the PP & flywheel are balanced. After, the stock flywheel weights are re-installed to the new flywheel in order to keep the engine balancing in tact.
You asked for the thickness spec, not the service spec. Minimum thickness of 0.815" after machining is the thickness spec..
The flywheel & PP assembly must be balanced as a unit, regardless. Only thing to check is whether or not your stock flywheel had balancing weights from the factory. If the flywheel has already been incorrectly changed prior to this time, you won't know.
Anyone of whom enters this thread stating that their car is fine without balancing are confused about what is correct & what is incorrect. All the time, there are guys chasing car vibrations & spend a lot of money chasing wheel balancing & alighments because they don't realize that it's an improperly balanced clutch assembly causing the problem.
You asked for the thickness spec, not the service spec. Minimum thickness of 0.815" after machining is the thickness spec..
The flywheel & PP assembly must be balanced as a unit, regardless. Only thing to check is whether or not your stock flywheel had balancing weights from the factory. If the flywheel has already been incorrectly changed prior to this time, you won't know.
Anyone of whom enters this thread stating that their car is fine without balancing are confused about what is correct & what is incorrect. All the time, there are guys chasing car vibrations & spend a lot of money chasing wheel balancing & alighments because they don't realize that it's an improperly balanced clutch assembly causing the problem.
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I had my flywheel turned and they took off .007 then I had it balanced and it was 12 grams off. I did not balanced my clutch and FW together but I got lucky and all is good 6k later.