 911 flywheel, Any good? |
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| DavidSweden |
 Oct 6 2016, 11:07 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 479 Joined: 8-June 14 From: Sweden Member No.: 17,452 Region Association: Scandinavia  |
I am looking for a 65-69 flywheel for my 6 conversion and was offered one locally at a good price.
However the flywheel has small cracks on the surface the question is is it worth installing or will it give me problems? Maybe it needs to be resurfaced and balanced. If its resurfaced will I have to do anything to the clutch fork position ie install washers etc? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i1300.photobucket.com-17452-1475773678.1.jpg) Thanks |
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| Luke M |
Oct 6 2016, 11:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,377 Joined: 8-February 05 From: WNY Member No.: 3,574 Region Association: North East States 
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Use it as a paper weight ... it's no good even if you have it cut it would probably be under by then.
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| mb911 |
Oct 6 2016, 11:28 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,879 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Looks like it is flaking off too..
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| porschetub |
Oct 7 2016, 10:48 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,704 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Sorry but that's really bad ,someone has been driving a long time with a worn out clutch disk.
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| Catorse |
Oct 8 2016, 09:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 27-August 15 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 19,106 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It's a turd. I bought a BRAND NEW one on eBay for $218 - they make brand new repros of this part. Not worth even resurfacing!
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| DavidSweden |
Oct 8 2016, 10:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 479 Joined: 8-June 14 From: Sweden Member No.: 17,452 Region Association: Scandinavia |
QUOTE(Catorse @ Oct 8 2016, 07:47 AM)  It's a turd. I bought a BRAND NEW one on eBay for $218 - they make brand new repros of this part. Not worth even resurfacing! Yes, I have seen the repro flywheels from QSC, the question is are they any good? They are less half the price but made in China which makes me think bad quality. It would be a PITA to install one and have problems |
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| Catorse |
Oct 8 2016, 02:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 27-August 15 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 19,106 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(DavidSweden @ Oct 8 2016, 09:50 AM) QUOTE(Catorse @ Oct 8 2016, 07:47 AM) It's a turd. I bought a BRAND NEW one on eBay for $218 - they make brand new repros of this part. Not worth even resurfacing! Yes, I have seen the repro flywheels from QSC, the question is are they any good? They are less half the price but made in China which makes me think bad quality. It would be a PITA to install one and have problems Not as big of a piece of shit as that one you are looking at. It's a friggin flywheel man. There's not a lot to go wrong, and quite frankly, the 914-6 (and conversions) has a very easily changed flywheel if it does go south. If we were talking about my two 911s or my 944 or even my 928, I would INSIST on a Porsche product because I would rather shoot my dick off than replace a flywheel on those cars, and I have done about half of them already. But on the teener, naw, go with the repro. Easy peasy. |
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| mountainroads |
Oct 8 2016, 04:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 19-February 12 From: Seattle Member No.: 14,145 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Catorse @ Oct 8 2016, 01:35 PM) If we were talking about my two 911s or my 944 or even my 928, I would INSIST on a Porsche product because I would rather shoot my dick off than replace a flywheel on those cars, and I have done about half of them already. But on the teener, naw, go with the repro. Easy peasy. Serious question and *not* trying to be argumentative: Why do you say that? I've pulled and rebuilt a 911 engine and I've done my own 914-6 tune-ups. Is it really easier to pull a 914-6 engine than a 911 engine, since standard practice is to pull engine and transaxle as a unit on both? Granted, I'm talking same vintage vehicles. If your comment refers to newer gen 911s, than that I can easily believe. Honestly, just curious. Thanks. - MR |
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| pbanders |
Oct 8 2016, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 939 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Phoenix, AZ Member No.: 805 |
$228 for a new flywheel when previously looking at a POS used flywheel makes me think the buyer would say "me likey" even if the flywheel came from China. BTW, your 90" LED TV came from China, too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| altitude411 |
Oct 8 2016, 08:44 PM
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I drove my 6 into a tree Group: Members Posts: 1,306 Joined: 21-September 14 From: montana Member No.: 17,932 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(Catorse @ Oct 8 2016, 02:35 PM) I would rather shoot my dick off than replace a flywheel on those cars... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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