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Posted by: McMark Apr 11 2011, 12:30 PM

I have a dead flywheel. Extremely worn and done for. Anyone have any ideas of 'tools' or such that I can use this for?

Posted by: ConeDodger Apr 11 2011, 12:32 PM

Crankshaft stand for rod and timing gear assembly.

Posted by: ConeDodger Apr 11 2011, 12:32 PM

If you had four of them, they could be made to be hold down for EzyUp corners.

Posted by: McMark Apr 11 2011, 12:36 PM

That's actually a great idea.

Posted by: Sleepin Apr 11 2011, 12:48 PM

RRC award.

Posted by: smontanaro Apr 11 2011, 12:50 PM

doorstop? clock face?

Posted by: Cevan Apr 11 2011, 02:14 PM

+1

Posted by: Cambo Apr 11 2011, 02:20 PM

Was that the one out of my car?

Posted by: McMark Apr 11 2011, 02:25 PM

That's what inspired me, but I have a box of them.

Posted by: orange914 Apr 11 2011, 03:14 PM

i made a heavy grinder stand base out of a truck brake drum... why not a flywheel?

Posted by: SLITS Apr 11 2011, 05:28 PM

Gold plate it and make a belt buckle out of it.

or

Send it to a well known vendor. They will list it as a "racing option".

Posted by: MDG Apr 11 2011, 05:41 PM

You'd have to remove some teeth for weight savings. I think the other one I saw listed had every other one removed.

You could just use it as a really dangerous frisbee.

Posted by: Sleepin Apr 11 2011, 05:42 PM

Tie it around your neck and try to tread water.

Posted by: trojanhorsepower Apr 11 2011, 05:45 PM

A new Olympic sport .... the flywheel toss?

Posted by: kg6dxn Apr 11 2011, 06:08 PM

Make a Killer Frizbee

or

Find a big hill, roll them down and watch the damage.

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Apr 11 2011, 06:13 PM

Long range target.
We hang tractor cogs out at 200+ yards at the machine gun shoot. The same 2 cogs have lasted for years, but they are pretty pock marked now.

Zach

Posted by: Krieger Apr 11 2011, 07:01 PM

If you have a lathe you could cut out the center of it so you could use it for converting a 3.0 six flywheel to a push type clutch for 914 conversions.

Posted by: 914 shifter Apr 11 2011, 07:13 PM

make a big necklace


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Posted by: r_towle Apr 11 2011, 07:25 PM

dead flywheel and dead crankshaft = one cool desk lamp.

rich

Posted by: Series9 Apr 11 2011, 08:30 PM

"You can make a hat, broach, pterodactyl..........


Quote from 'Airplane' the movie.

Posted by: hot_shoe914 Apr 11 2011, 08:46 PM

Wheels for a soapbox derby car.

Posted by: bigkensteele Apr 11 2011, 10:29 PM

Murder weapon. Not advocating. Just saying.

Posted by: euro911 Apr 13 2011, 12:01 AM

If you've got 4 of them, and 4 bad crankshafts, you could use them as jack stands

Posted by: Mike914 Apr 13 2011, 12:16 AM

I used to have a dog that would pull the screw-into-the-ground type dog chain right out of the ground. My solution was to get a big eye bolt (from a power pole, I think, about 18" long) and some big washers and two nuts. Dug a big hole and buried the flywheel so the eye bolt was just visible. Dog was still there when I got home after that!

Been using a _good_ flywheel for rod and gear assembly for decades now, I thought everyone did that?

Posted by: pcar916 Apr 13 2011, 07:09 AM

I'd think about it as a bearing surface for the teflon base bearing pads on a big Dobsonian telescope... yeah.