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August 18, 2016 at 1:46 am
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OK! In 55 years of tinkering with engines I have never lapped a flywheel–that I can remember. I’ll have a go at it. Even know where some valve grinding compound is. Pray tell me: do any of you all actually DO this? Kinda seems like a confession of sloppy manufacturing practices to see this in a service manual.
Most of the cracked flywheels I’ve seen have been on rotary lawn mowers from the blade hitting something immovable. But greasing the taper and running the nut down with an impact wrench will certainly do it.