Is my flywheel toast?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Elizabeth New Jersey
My flywheel is kinda bad too, but I don't plan to change it, since I will be droping a crate by spring. By the way, I think my flywheel is in worse condition, yet I don't have much starting problems.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: I've got wood IL
i put on a new starter this past summer and it worked fine until about two weeks ago. so i pulled it, figuring it got fried by the headers. i put on a new one sunday with a heat shield and it started fine till moday night (8 starts) then it was making some horrible sounds.
Should i try swapping out to anouther starter, or should i throw in the towel and get a new flywheel installed? assuming 6 hours labor, thats gonna run 5-600 with a new flywheel?
man this sucks
Should i try swapping out to anouther starter, or should i throw in the towel and get a new flywheel installed? assuming 6 hours labor, thats gonna run 5-600 with a new flywheel?
man this sucks
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2000
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You do NOT need a new flywheel, you need a new ring gear!
They are easily replaced (I've done more than I can count) by someone with the right skills. You just need to find somebody locally that knows how. Call around some transmission shops. Even if none of them can do it, they'll know somebody that can.
They are easily replaced (I've done more than I can count) by someone with the right skills. You just need to find somebody locally that knows how. Call around some transmission shops. Even if none of them can do it, they'll know somebody that can.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: North Easton Mass
Originally Posted by an81shark
i'm not in a position to this myself. any idea's on the number of hours a shop would bill.
its my understanding that hte tranny has to be dropped. 6 hours?
its my understanding that hte tranny has to be dropped. 6 hours?
Rick B.
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From: Oyen Alberta
A Manual trans has a flywheel which has a replaceable ring gear. A auto has a flexplate. I have had really good luck using a mig welder and building up the teeth a reshaping them whith a die grinder with a cutoff wheel.I have made my daily driver GMC pickup last another 4 years doing this. It takes about 15 minutes.I could hear the spot in the starter for about the first 50 starts and after that it wore in and sounded normal. I thought this method was a big joke when I heard it but I tried it ( I had nothing to loose) and it worked.
Melting Slicks
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"ehhh, whats this ring gear you talk about?"
The ring gear is the component with the teeth on it. The flywheel is the part that it is wrapped around. In your photo, there is a very distinct line where the two meet.
"does the tranny need removed to remove the ring gear?"
Yes, among other things. The flywheel is thoroughly buried thus will take some work to get to it + remove it so that the ring gear can be replaced.
The ring gear is the component with the teeth on it. The flywheel is the part that it is wrapped around. In your photo, there is a very distinct line where the two meet.
"does the tranny need removed to remove the ring gear?"
Yes, among other things. The flywheel is thoroughly buried thus will take some work to get to it + remove it so that the ring gear can be replaced.
