Hey my flywheel is going out. How do i know? Cuz everytime i start my car (especially when its cold) it grinds until it catches. Sounds most unplesent and is only unmatched by fingernails on a chalk board.

Where do i get a light weight flywheel for a good price?
I see www.srmotorsports.com has one for $300

Now that im replacing it i figure i might as well get a lightweight Aluminum flywheel.

This sucks cuz i should have just kept the one on there from the JDM engine but now that i remember i think it was damaged but ill go look today.

Sugestions or comments?

Its not the starter.

 

its Most likely not your flywheel.. its probably your starter.. Theres a oneway bearing that is going out in it... it starts to happen alot when it gets cold out.
happened to me.. and i thought i needed a flywheel for sure.. but it turned out to be the starter. thankfully

 

same thing is happening with mine. i friggen hate winter. is it just the cold thats affecting it? or is it actually crapping out?

 

Don't forget the group deal section on the org.

 

Is your car a manual or automatic????

 

I have an automatic.

Ok well it could very well be my starter and I really hope it is. BUT why I say it isn't is because it was doing this a few months back when it started to get cold out so i replaced the starter with a reconditioned one from Autozone and its still doing the same thing. It was an easy install so i dont think i messed it up.

Autozone sold me a crap caliper so they might have screwed me again.

So how do i know for sure.

 

1.You have a flexplate,not a flywheel..Fidanza makes manual flywheels..

2.The starter should have a lifetime warranty,so take it back to idiotzone..

3.Stay away from idiotzone from now on..

4.If it turns out your flexplate teeth are worn/missing,i have a good used one for sale ...

 

Too bad you have an auto, I like my light flywheel, added a lil zing zing

 

wow same thing happeing to me, so i swithed my starter from my extra car, and it is ok, but had a diffrent issue. but i cant wait till i get a clutch and alum fly installed it has to be nice

 

Hey so i went to auto zone with my recon. starter and they said they are supposed to check them before they send em out the door i said "that wouldah been nice" so i got em to swap me starters but this time they tested it, everything looks good....for now.

Thanks for the help!

 

Keep your recipt. You'll probably be using it again.

~Alex

 

Yeah flywheels don't really "go out". They typically would have to break teeth to cause trouble or you'd have to wear down just about every tooth to have a starting problem. And I imagine that would take many a year. My starter is acting up right now pretty badly too. I'm sick of winter's tricks.

 

My flywheel keeps getting my starters