Can a worn clutch damage the flywheel?
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It is possible but not very likely. The driven plate - the part with the friction material attached - has the rivets on the side which engages the flywheel set deeper, so that the side facing the pressure plate will wear to the rivets first, causing clutch slip long before the flywheel side reaches the same stage. If it were me, I'd go in and have a look - if they're honest, they won't be offended.
he may be, what he says can happen to a flywheel is a fact.
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depends if it had made chips in the fly wheel if it was just slipping i doubt if it has damaged it im a mechanic and only ever seen 1 damaged flywheel and that was when i shot a diff out my 205 gti
Yes, he's telling you straight.
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yes it is the truth ,did the same thing myself
yep you better believe it . you must have known long ago that there was a problem
He is trying to get more money from you, some garages tell customers this to scam an extra £50 out of them, tell him you'll take a chance and save your self nearly £50. I would not recommend skimming the flywheel as it takes metal from the flywheel and makes it thinner, that's if they really did skim it. After all how would you know if it had really been done?
it depends on how much it worn , if you are wise better to change at 100, 000 miles( 120 , 000 km) to avoid mid way failures.
Yes, it is possible.
The friction material on the clutch plate contacts the flywheel when engaged.
If the clutch was so badly worn that other parts of the plate assembly (rivets etc.) were able to contact the flywheel, damage may well have occurred.
If you are unsure, call in unannounced and ask to see the damage.
£49.99 isn't bad value.
yes if u r down to the rivits and its not like a pice of glass .if the surface cracks are large get a new flywheel ! check the price dif new or surface 49,--
yes it can and resurfacing is the usual remedy but don't take his word for it ask to see it. if it needs resurfacing it will look like it has three or four grooves ground into the flywheel this is caused by the rivets that hold the friction material on the clutch plate becoming exposed due to excessive wear £50 seems a fair price if it has to be done
yes it can damage the flywheel heat can warp the flywheel when replacing clutch the flywheel should be taken off turned and balanced
yes, a worn cluth can damage a flywheel. the surface becomes very irregular and the only way to get it back to flat is to resurface with a grinding machine.
As a mechanical engineer, I can tell you that what your mechanic has told you is true.
He may be . If the clutch has been slipping for some time the rivets will score the plate
Yes.
Clutch friction material is held in place by rivets and when the material wears down the rivets contact the flywheel and 1) the clutch starts slipping as the rivets take the laod and 2) the rivet grind away at the flywheel.
If the flywheel is damaged and you dont have it "ground back" or "Faced" there will be a loss of gripping surface for the clutch friction material of perhaps 20 per cent in total which will accelerate wear, may even cause slipping immeadiately and could very well make the clutch action fierce or juddery.
If the flywheel surface is not absolutely flat or nearly flat and highly polished and burnished have it ground, it is the cheaper option because there will be no warranty on the clutch if you ignore the garages advice. If the grooving is particularly deep or the teeth round the flywheel damaged a new flywheel or good second hand one, might be a better answer as there is a definite limit to how much can safely be removed from a flywheel.
yes he may be telling you the truth. Most flywheels if you have ever seen one out of a car. Are riveted together. So once the clutch has worn down the rivets are exposed and start to touch the flywheel causing grooves etc. Cant you ask to see the flywheel before they do it tho ??
If you have used the car so much that you have gone though the friction material it is very possible, it is just the same principle if you wear out your brake pads to the metal then you need to reface your brake discs.
It is possible but the clutch would need to have been slipping for quite some time. By the way, on most of the modern day cars, you cant reface a flywheel as they have a 2 piece flywheel to give a smoother clutch take up. The only remedy is to replace the entire clutch and flywheel assembly which in some cases could be around £800-£1000. The price qouted for refacing sounds reasonable enough and you should have some guarantee with the work.
He is probably telling the truth when a clutch goes out it usually cuts groves in flywheel from the steel rivets in clutch plate and also when a clutch is slipping it builds heat and will warp the fly wheel and leave heat stress cracks, and most clutch manufacture will not honer warranty if you dont have fly wheel turned ( Ground back)
yes,it can.i bad clutch can burn the flywheel and get heat cracks,especially if its slipping and hes probably right on the price,unless you go to the junk yard and pick up 1.
They always say that ,ask to see it the flywheel ,the facing should be flat with no heavy scoring .minute lines would not hurt a new clutch . fitting new flywheels is a good way of loading your bill
Damaged flywheels can damaged a new clutch
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