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Posted by street_illegal_stang (Member # 1554) on :
 
My dad thinks it'll be okay. But I don't know
You can feel them with your finger nail.
Its a stock flywheel/never resufaced, with a dual friction centerforce clutch.

Have any of you ran into this problem.
If I try to resurface it, how much can I take off? Have anyone of you had a stock 5.0 flywheel exploded/break?

I dont have much cash, so resurfacing or replacing it with a used one are really my only options
 

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Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms.
 

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Posted by street_illegal_stang (Member # 1554) on :
 
my friend just sold me a used one in much better shape. Thank JohnB for your reply
 

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Posted by RODRIGUEZ (Member # 9104) on :
 

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Originally posted by JohnB:
I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms.

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Originally posted by RODRIGUEZ:

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Originally posted by JohnB:
I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms.

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What would happen if that was to happen to somebody?

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Originally posted by 50DADDY:

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Originally posted by RODRIGUEZ:

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Originally posted by JohnB:
I wouldn't use it. Those are heat cracks. Last thing you want is for a flywheel to let go at 6500 rpms.

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What would happen if that was to happen to somebody?

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Depends on if you like your legs how they are or not.

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kinda like a handgrenade going off.. that is why some race classes require re-inforced bellhousings
 

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Posted by street_illegal_stang (Member # 1554) on :
 
well, the flywheel sits just pass the firewall-so lead foot may go byebye.save on gas
But I didn't want to chance it unless I could save it by resurfacing, then again
I had a friend who
had a eclipes mitsubishi, powershift his way down the street then go
booom! chunks of flywheel poking inside the car; lucky no one got hurt

My flywheel on my stang had some very small cracks seen with a 10x power loop... it looks like it
could resurfaced, but my buddy had one laying around so I bought it instead. I never seen that occur on my stangs before- I've owned
6,t5 foxbodies and this is the first scary/sketchy looking flywheel I had

whats the limit measurement of resurfacing a stock 5.0 flywheel without
killing the balance weight? thanks

[ March 25, 2010, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: street_illegal_stang ]
 

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