Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection
 
  
 
 
  
   
    
     |  | Engine Flywheel Cleaning and Inspection | 
   
  
  
   
   
    
    
    
    
    
   
   
    
   
   
   
    
     
      
       | 1. | Refer to
        
         Safety Glasses and Compressed Air Warning
        
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              In order to maintain the proper component balance, contact surface taper, and heat transfer, manual transmission flywheels are NOT to be machined.
              |  Clean the flywheel (1, 2) in solvent.
 
 
   
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       | 2. | Dry the flywheel (1) with compressed air. 
 
 
         Inspect the manual transmission flywheel for the following:
           
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       |  | • | Damaged ring gear teeth 
 
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       |  | • | Loose or improperly positioned ring gear 
 
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       |  | • | The ring gear has an interference fit onto the flywheel and should be positioned completely against the flange of the flywheel. 
 
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       |  | • | A scored, grooved or damaged friction surface 
 
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