Engine Flywheel Clean and Inspect

1. Clean the flywheel in solvent.

2. Dry the flywheel with compressed air.

CAUTION: Wear safety glasses in order to avoid eye damage.

3. Inspect the manual transmission flywheel for the following conditions:
- Damaged ring gear teeth
- Loose or improperly positioned ring gear
The ring gear has an interference fit onto the flywheel and should be positioned completely against the flange of the flywheel.
- A scored, grooved, or damaged friction surface





4. Inspect the automatic transmission flywheel for the following conditions-
- Damaged ring gear teeth
- Stress cracks around the flywheel-to-crankshaft bolt hole locations
- Welded areas that retain the ring gear onto the flywheel for cracking.

IMPORTANT: Do not attempt to repair the welded areas that retain the ring gear to the flywheel plate. Install a new flywheel.