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While replacing my clutch it turned out to be cheaper just to buy a new flywheel rather than have my old one resurfaced. This is the part I bought.
My clutch kit has a pilot bearing, and my old flywheel has a pilot bearing inside of its bore, however the new flywheel simply will not fit the new pilot bearing. The new pilot bearing will not fit because the new flywheel has a gold bearing in the middle of its bore that looks very similar to the pilot bearing in the old flywheel, expect for the lip folded around the engine-side of the wheel. The widths of the bores between the old flywheel+pilot and new fywheel are the same, though. At least, as far as my clutch alignment tool can tell.
So, my question: is the fact that I cant fit a pilot bearing into my new flywheel an issue, since it seems like that gold-colored bearing is serving the same purpose?
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What kind of car? It sounds like the new one has an Oilite bushing in it. I thought those were pretty much a thing of the past.
94 Accord. I did an image search for oilite and those look exactly like what I’ve got in the middle of the new flywheel.
My preference would be to remove the bushing and install a bearing. An Oilite bushing can work well but I have no idea if that bushing was lubed before it was installed in the flywheel.
The way they’re lubed is that one side of the bushing has to blocked off firmly with a thumb or whatever. The bushing is filled with a heavy oil and then pressure applied with the other thumb or whatever. After pressure is maintained a bit oil can be seen bleeding through the metal of the bushing as Oilite is porous.
It’s possible to do this with the bushing in place I suppose but you would not be able to tell when the oil is bleeding completely through the bushing.Interesting read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilite
It’s 80 yo technology. Might be actually very reliable. Or not.
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