Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Pontiac Torrent and 2009 Chevrolet Equinox. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Clean the engine flywheel with solvent.
- Dry the engine flywheel with compressed air.
- Inspect the engine flywheel for the following:
- Damaged ring gear teeth
- Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations
- Welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flywheel for cracking
NOTE: Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear to the flywheel plate. Install a new flywheel.
NOTE:
In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
WARNING:
Bodily injury may occur if the cleaning solvent is inhaled or exposed to the skin.