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Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection

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    WARNING: Bodily injury may occur if the cleaning solvent is inhaled or exposed to the skin.
    NOTE: In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
    Fig 1: Inspecting Engine Flywheel
    GM187014Courtesy of GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
  1. Clean the engine flywheel with solvent.
  2. Dry the engine flywheel with compressed air.
  3. Inspect the engine flywheel for the following:
    • Damaged ring gear teeth
    • Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations