Resurfacing Flywheel Thread - machine shop vs. emery cloth

[Smokey Eddy]

anyone have one near south west BC? im looking as far as alberta, washington, oregon... that kind of distance.
thanks for looking.

Found one!

[burn_your_money]

Giles can get you a brand new one for about what you paid to have yours resurfaced.

[Smokey Eddy]

Are you serious?

[Smokey Eddy]

what would it cost for one + it to be shipped to V3G1J5?
i was going to hit up the wrecker for one ($20) then have that one machined ($76) so $96.

[burn_your_money]

My bad, it's reman. $86.20 + about $20 for shipping. And taxes of course.

[Smokey Eddy]

i bit the bullet and paid $50 for one at the junk yard. So it will be another $76 to machine. 126 total but i will have it on the block by the end of tomorrow.

[burn_your_money]

Makes sense. Are you getting it lightened at the same time?

[Rabbit on Roids]

eddy, just take some rough tough emery cloth and rough up the surface of the flywheel yourself. ive NEVER had a flywheel resurfaced. and ive never been able to tell the difference. make sure you get all the glazing off it and you will be just as good as the machined version. just for 76 bucks cheaper. or do whatever you want. how thick is the outside ring? (closest to the engine when installed?)

[Smokey Eddy]

Kevin, I'm not sure. Im at work right now.
My friend said to just emery cloth it also but i bought a really nice clutch & pressure plate. I sort of want to make sure the surface is perfectly true so it doesn't rapidly wear the clutch.

Tyler, no im not getting it lightened. I'm assuming that would be a hefty price tag in shop hours.

[Rabbit on Roids]

if the surface is chewed up enough to accelerate clutch wear, then its probably warped also, and that would be no good.

after 1k miles, those nice, shiny, fresh machine marks are gone buddy. and if youe clutch is tougher than stock, its going to be rough on the flywheel, not the flywheel rough on the clutch. there are clutches that will only allow one use on a flywheel and pressure plate. i pulled one apart once that had a really agressive clutch in it, and there was an 16th to an 8th inch of metal removed from the flywheel and pressure plate..

and ive emery clothed LOTS, like 30 or 40, flywheels and never had a problem with any of them. the centerforce DFX clutch i had in one of my toyotas had an emery clothed flywheel, grabbed wonderfully.

so, thats just something to think about. the clutch is going to wear away the flywheel faster than the flywheel will wear away the clutch, if its as good of a clutch as you say it is..

i vote save your 80 bucks and emery it.. looks like its been freshly machined after i clean one up..

anyone else have any input? ultimately its eds decision, but im just tryin to save him money if its not necessary.

[Smokey Eddy]

Well I dunno, my clutch & pressure plate were like $240... its a 6 puck clutch disk.
I know that the grabbing surface has to match the upper ring as they get machined together.

What ever, i've come this far, i may as well to it right the first time. I've effed up SO much stuff by NOT doing it right the first time and ultimately costing me double or often three times what it would have cost to do it the right way the first time.

I'll emery brake rotors but i dunno about flywheels...
I'm at work and my friend has my money card and is getting it machined today so unless i call him right now and say STOPP!!! it's getting done today

[Smokey Eddy]

I do greatly appreciate your input & tryin to save me a hefty chunk of change Kevin. I'm very thankful for that.

[Rabbit on Roids]

yea, that clutch wouldnt have cared if it was freshly machined or emery'd. pucked clutches have VERY HARD lining, usually ceramic or something along the lines of that.. and you are probably going to have to throw your clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel away when its done anyway.. its probably going to eat it up good. but it shouldnt slip! everything you have now is one time use..

[Smokey Eddy]

oh dear

[Rabbit on Roids]

good job on doing it right tho.. i always stress that to people, when it matters that is. some places (like flywheels) are not as picky on their machined surfaces, like a head would be.