Steven Walters

Well I have come across this and im not sure if its still good or if the customer needs a new flywheel. The part of the flywheel where the bearing sits has pretty much broken a ring from itself, advice?

Marcos Barrios

if the bearing still sits in there snug , it will still work

i worked at a auto shop in japan for a few years
and when ever something like this would happen
or if we just didnt have a bearing on hand like say it would be here in a few days or so
we wernt going to wait around for it to show up so we would replace the bad bearing with a graphite bushing
one with the same size as the transmisson pin and we would fill the bushing with greese punch it into the flywheel so it fits nice and snug and thats it

no car ever came back and it works very well
here in the states you can buy graphite bushings at ace hardware, thats the only place i know has them, but then again its also the only placed i looked ^_-

the graphite bushing doesnt spin like the bearing would but you just greese it and thats it

Steven Walters

Thank you for the info boss, i was thinking the same thing but just wanted to hear it from knowledgable honda heads 😊

Marcos Barrios

anytime yo

testify

Flywheels are pretty cheap. I'd just replace it. If there was enough fatigue for it to fail there, there's enough fatigue for it to fail elsewhere.

Bikewhorder

Its true I just bought one for my car and was surprised how cheap a flywheel was. 1989 HONDA CIVIC 1.6L L4 Flywheel | RockAuto

Marcos Barrios

that rockauto on is cheap 35 bucks
but the bushing will cost 5 and get the job done today
the rockauto option will leave the car sitting for another week

testify

Maybe he'd rather it be fixed right than fixed fast.

Not everyone has the same priorities.

Marcos Barrios

i dont want to argue with you man
the bushing will get it fixed right
it will even last more than the bearing will