Car Flywheels

A car flywheel may not be familiar to most of us, but it is an important part of automobiles. The car flywheels are fairly durable one-piece components. They operate primarily to provide the inertia necessary to carry the engine's pistons through the unproductive stroke of their cycle.

The teeth that surround the flywheel are used by the starter motor to turn the engine until the engine fires up. Therefore, they will need replacement if the teeth on the flywheel become worn. There are many signs for the bad car flywheels.

Clutch vibration is one of them. If you feel an intensified rumbling or vibration when you use the clutch, you should pay attention to it because it is a sign of a bad car flywheel. Generally, this can be felt on the floor of the car. The flywheel may not able to diminish the tremors when you use the clutch.

The second sign is the burnt smell which is also an important indication. When too much heat is in the clutch facings, the burning odor will appear. And the excessive heat is usually brought about by unnecessary clutch driving.

The third one is gear slippage which may be more evident. There are many situations about this sign. For example, it may be due to the inability of the car to move to the next gear, or the car may shift to the next gear but slip back to the previous gear. The bad flywheel may lead to plate grinding, amplified friction and oil contamination.

Due to the above reasons, we can see that it is very necessary to replace the car flywheel sometimes. Although the hardest part of replacing a car flywheel is accessing it, the actual replacement itself is quite simple as long as you follow some instructions.

Here are some of steps for you to refer to. At first, you should remove the driveshaft from the back of the transmission by first disconnecting the driveshaft from the differential. And remove the driveshaft from the back of the transmission by first disconnecting the driveshaft from the differential. Secondly, you should place a transmission jack underneath the transmission and lift the jack until it rests securely against the transmission's oil pan. Then you may have to disconnect the transmission from the engine as well as four retaining nuts used to attach the transmission's torque converter to the back of the flywheel from underneath the car with a wrench.

After some steps, you can remove the flywheel's retaining bolts, located in the center of the flywheel, with a wrench. Pull the flywheel off of the crankshaft to remove it. Moreover, you can position the replacement flywheel against the back of the crankshaft, then install and tighten the flywheel's retaining bolts with a wrench.

In addition to the above mentioned steps, there are still many other things for you to do when you replace the car flywheel. All of them are important instructions. Thus, you must pay attention to all of them.