Important: In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper,
and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
- Clean the flywheel in solvent.
Caution: Wear safety glasses in order to avoid eye damage.
- Dry the flywheel with compressed air.
- Inspect the manual transmission flywheel for loose or improperly
installed balance weights.
A properly installed balance weight should be installed until flush
or below flush with the face of the flywheel.
- Inspect the manual transmission
flywheel for the following:
• | Grooved or scored surface (2) |
• | Damaged ring gear teeth (4) |
• | Loose or improperly positioned ring gear |
• | The ring gear has an interference fit onto the flywheel and should be
positioned completely against the flange of the flywheel. |
• | Missing, bent, or damaged pressure plate locating pins |
• | The two locating pins are installed into the flywheel and spaced 170 degrees
apart to ensure proper orientation of the clutch pressure plate to the engine
flywheel during assembly. |
- Inspect the automatic
transmission flywheel for the following:
• | Damaged ring gear teeth |
• | Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations |
• | Worn prop shaft drive hub splines |
• | Loose prop shaft drive hub |
| Important: Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear
to the flywheel plate. Install a new flywheel.
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• | Welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flywheel for cracking |