I need to replace the clutch on a stock Civic. I usually will have the flywheel surfaced by the local machinist. I just looked at autozone and a new flywheel is 56 bucks. What is almost what a machinist is going to charge to resurface a Honda flywheel. Are flywheels like brake rotors where you do not surface them and just buy new? Anyone have issues with Chinese flywheels?
Mark L
New is a much better option than resurfacing. why does your flywheel need resufacing.
In the hundreds of clutches I have replaced, never once did i see the need for cutting.
Replaced one because it was cracked.
I know this might not apply across the board, but I bought one Duratec Ranger flywheel each from Auto Zone, O'Rielly, and NAPA to measure and try to get a lightweight aluminum version made. The NAPA flywheel was noticeably nicer cast and machined than the other two, and was the one I kept as the pattern to work from.
My 95 Neon ITcar still used the cast flywheel. I bought an aftermarket replacement and it developed cracks around the crankshaft bolts in one season.
I also completely disagree with Iceracer. Flywheels almost always need to be resurfaced.
Driven5 said:I know this might not apply across the board, but I bought one Duratec Ranger flywheel each from Auto Zone, O'Rielly, and NAPA to measure and try to get a lightweight aluminum version made. The NAPA flywheel was noticeably nicer cast and machined than the other two, and was the one I kept as the pattern to work from.
I checked with NAPA and the price is also 56 bucks. I will go with a NAPA. Thanks Driven5.
Mark L
Ive used stock replacement cheapies on stock cars and never had a problem, my toys generally get nice aftermakret or an oem one.
I generally resurface mine when they are salvageable.
I dont track my cars though
Autozone/Advanced are suppliers.
It would be much better to ask whether a particular brand is trustworthy. NAPA doesn't make flywheels either.
Having seen the a flywheel deciding it no longer wanted to be associated with a FC Rx7 at near redline be very very sure of the quality of both the materials used and the engineering when making one of these.
dean1484 said:Having seen the a flywheel deciding it no longer wanted to be associated with a FC Rx7 at near redline be very very sure of the quality of both the materials used and the engineering when making one of these.
I too saw what an exploding flywheel can do when it sees to high an RPM. Not my car but but the engine and trans connection were totally severed!
If you're going to the trouble of pulling the transmission out of a Civic, you should have the reward of a light Fidanza or Exedy flywheel. It's about $150 more and it'll make the car feel so much better.
The local machine shop and South Bend both told me that far and away the best option on my 7.3 Diesel F250 was to machine the OEM flywheel vs replace with aftermarket.
Unless the OEM flywheel has deep gouges or cracks, I would just have it skimmed off. The only reason I even bothered machining my OEM flywheel was the clutch had become oil soaked and glazed the flywheel and the trans and T Case weighed 600 lbs and I didnt want to pull it out twice. On a front driver I would have to think really hard about doing a good inspect/brake clean/hit it with a Roloc wheel and reassemble. I have probably done that 100 times and never had an issue.
I was going to suggest NAPA. Not a flywheel but brake rotors. In two cases they seemingly are superior to OEM.
Resurfacing a flywheel is just one of those things that is not needed and in some cases could be detrimental to the clutch operation.
No firsthand experience here, but the correct way to resurface a flywheel is not to skim it like a rotor. Maybe you can remove extra mass that way, but the guys I know hate the do a flywheel and that is why it cost so much more that a rotor.
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