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How does the flywheel get damaged?
If you’ve ever overheated your flywheel or driven too long with a clutch that was on its last legs, it is very likely that you have damaged the flywheel due to excessive heat or metal on metal wear. Clutches that are worn down to the rivets will damage the flywheel.
What ruins a flywheel?
The clashing of the starter drive into the flywheel teeth over time will damage that section of the flywheels teeth if the driver continually engages the ignition when the car is already running. Poor maintenance can also damage the flywheel over time: weak batteries and aged equipment cause flywheel problems.
Can a bad flywheel cause starting problems?
Can a bad flywheel cause starting problems? The most common problem is that the starter gear has broken and is making noise. The less common of the two is that the teeth of the flywheel have been worn down. This causes the starter gear to not engage properly and grind against the flywheel.
Why do I have a bad flywheel in my car?
Sometimes you’ll experience gear slippage when changing to a higher gear and accelerating faster at the same time. As the clutch becomes more worn out, you’ll experience gear slippage more often. This, in turn, wears out the flywheel too.
Can a bad flywheel cause gear slippage?
However, a flywheel must be in terrible condition for these symptoms to be present. The gear slippage problem will probably happen before anything else. If you let that problem go unresolved, then your flywheel will continue to suffer wear and tear. That is what eventually leads to the problem with changing the gears.
What kind of damage does a broken flywheel do?
The flywheel has a broken fin that did some damage to the flywheel. The magnets got ground down a bit. The stock flywheel has two magnets covers with a plastic membrane and a plastic divider between the two. The damaged flywheel is missing this membrane and divider.
Is there a problem with the flywheel clutch?
Diagnosis isn’t exactly rolling the dice, but it certainly does require careful observation and some understanding of the mechanism. The most common of clutch problems isn’t usually in the flywheel; it’s in the clutch assembly itself. All clutches eventually wear out and begin to slip, but that’s not the problem.