Engine Flywheel - Cleaning & Inspection
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Pontiac Sunfire and 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- 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:
- Damaged ring gear teeth.
- 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.
- A scored, grooved or damaged friction surface.
- Inspect the automatic transmission flywheel for the following:
- Damaged ring gear teeth.
- Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations.
Important: Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear to the flywheel plate. Install a new flywheel.
- Welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flywheel for cracking.