Re: Cutting a flywheel

Posted by Wardner on October 16, 2006 at 21:37:39 from (4.154.241.155):

In Reply to: Re: Cutting a flywheel posted by the tractor vet on October 16, 2006 at 19:41:02:

I think the chief reason a flywheel should be ground is due to the irregular surface hardening that occurs on its face.

I successfully cut a SMTA flywheel in my lathe. The first cut was terrible. Very lumpy due to the coin sized hard spots. There were probably twenty of them. The second cut penetrated the hardened spots and looked good. I put a rounded tool in the tool holder for the finish cut. I did this ten years ago and cannot remember total depth of cut but I doubt it was over .060. The finish was very smooth. I removed the same amount from the shoulder where the pressure plate bolts. I didn't cut the pressure plate. I exchanged it or bought it outright. I wanted the new springs.

I am not really sure how a machine shop grinds a stepped flywheel such as used on the SMTA. I can't visualise how a grinder copes with the raised shoulder,

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• Re: Cutting a flywheel jmixigo 04:09:22 10/17/06 (0)

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