<VV> Solid flywheel woes

Mike McCrae mmccrae6 at cox.net
Wed Apr 1 16:41:33 EDT 2015


Jim, it's a solid, billet steel, aftermarket flywheel....I removed the new 
starter today, put my finger in the hole and can feel the ring gear move. 
I'm pulling the engine as we speak.
Thank you for the reply, Jim!
Mike McCrae

-----Original Message----- 
From: jlstuk--- via VirtualVairs
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 12:07 PM
To: VirtualVairs at Corvair.org
Subject:  Solid flywheel woes

Mike, Is your current solid flywheel bolted or welded?  If welded, maybe the 
welds are breaking.I ran a welded and bolted flywheel for a number of years 
on 66 Corsa with a 140 engine without a problem. GM's engineers said they 
went to a riveted flywheel because they said their solid flywheel caused a 
noise that they likened to a freight train. I started with a welded flywheel 
then read that the different steel types of the multi piece flywheel  may 
not weld well so I doubled down and bolted it also. It was balanced before 
it was used.  Jim Stukenborg
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