So i now know that the flywheel is slowly dying on me. I has been ratteling pretty bad off and on, so i decided to do some poking around. I decided to bump the motor over and check the springs on the flywheel. To my surprise peices of springs poped out along with there perches, i guess. Now out of I belive six of them, two are sitting beside me (in pieces), and one is feeling looser then the others. Can i still get by for a while, or will this cause some big problems? I dont have a lot of long distant driving, but i do need a ride to work every day. (100 miles a week about). Do any of you guys think it will make it for a month so i can try to save up some money? How do you tell it is gone, because it still seems to shift, and run, just doesnt seem to have a whole lot of power from time to time. Thanks!

 

Ive heard tales of DMF's coming apart and busting the tranny bell housing. But I'm sure others drive a long time with bad ones. What i'm saying is its a risk, but take it easy and fix it asap and I think you'll be ok. IMHO.......

 

I would replace asap. Mine was having trouble so I replaced it with a Luk solid flywheel conversion. Seems to work well and my repairman had no problems with the kit from Carolina Clutch.

 

Don't wait. Plan on a day by yourself or 6 hours with some help.

jimbo

 

thanks guys. This may be stupid but i was wondering what exactly do those springs on the flywheel do? I have worked on lots of cars, and have noticed them, but never really thought about there function.
thanks

 

springs are to reduce shock

 

Most clutches have springs in the clutch discs. The DMF set-up has a solid clutch disc and the springs are in the flywheel. And like 250turbo siad, to reduce shock and vibration