Im looking to install my Aasco flywheel with a few friends and was wondering if you guys who have had experience doing this could offer any tips/advice. My search results said it looked like a several hour job but it was possible. I have access to air tools, a torque wrench, and a garage full of sockets, wrenches, etc..... We all work on each others cars every week (MEVI/TB/Suspension/Exhaust) so im pretty sure we can tackle it; we will be working with jacks and stands as opposed to a lift though is my only concern. Is this something thats worth trying or am I better off just takin it to a shop? Thanks guys,

Grant

 

Should be no probem. I'm sure the majority of us did flywheel/clutch/ tranny installs with just jack stands.

You should be fine, make sure you align the flywheel properly, and might be a good time to replace the rear main seal while your in there.

 

. Honestly its no harder then doing a clutch change. The flyhweel is only 8-9 bolts (depending on your production date) more to remove.
Ive never heard of this Aasco flywheel you speak of ( ). Can you give a few details on this please? weight, price, who sells, material, etc...

 

Not totally sure on the weight; 11-12 maybe. I bought it from an Org member new a few weeks ago. Not a whole lot of info on the web about them however.

http://racespecialists.com/Merchant2...tegory_Code=FW

 

Aasco = Stillen flywheel.

good quality stuff and they stand behind their products.


depending on how fast you work, this can be a 3 hr job or a 3 day job. I can have a 4th gen tranny out of the car in about 45 min using only jacks/jackstands and normal tools. air tools help for the bolts you can reach, but many of them are in locations that you can't get to with an impact wrench.

It's still easily doable with normal hand tools. good thing about Nissan is that you can just about tear the car apart with a $50 tool set. 10,12,14,17,19mm will remove 99% of the bolts on the car. you have a couple bolts each at 22,24,27,and 36mm, but those are for things like ball joints, axles, and etc. (you will of course need a 36mm to get your axles out.).

anyway, it's easily a 1 day job if you're competent with your tools and don't jack around too much.

download an FSM if you don't have one (search. it's out there.), and follow instructions in the book. pretty easy overall. If you can install a MEVI, then this will be cake.

 

thanks guys! I just started wondering when I saw how close things were together down there and thinkin about trying to get wrenches to move in a tight space had me worried. Good to hear the good news about Aasco, thanks Matt! Oh btw, not sure if you got it a few weeks ago but I sent you an email about purchasing one of your grounding kits. Im definitely interested if you still have anymore layin around, thanks!

Grant

 

Ok this is probably a major noob question but, I see the Aasco has no teeth around the edges. Is that what the write-up is talking about when its says you may have to use the timing ring from the stock flywheel?

Grant

 

you are correct. re-use the timing ring from the stock flywheel.

 

^^^great, thanks man!

Grant

 

the timing ring and the gear ring for the starter are two different things.

Timing ring gets bolted to the back of the FW (the side facing the engine). This is what the CPS uses to pick up its signal. Yea that you will just transfer from the stock FW, its held on by bolts.

The ring gear goes around the actual disc, and is what the starter's gear grabs onto when its cranking. If this Aasco doesnt have one, yea you'll have to tranfer it from the stock FW. I didnt really pay attention to how this was held onto the FW when I had mine out, as I just resurfaced it and reused it. Maybe some one else can shime in on this.

Dont worry, its a relatively easy task. The only thing that can be a PITA is the rear motor mount blocks the way to the shifter support rod's mounting bolts, so you can only use an open end wrench on the bolt holding it and it takes FOREVER! Disassembly is cake. The only thing that is annoying to me is the very moment when you bring the tranny back up and you are trying to line up the dowel pins and the input shaft at the same time. Once its on there its pretty much over.

That stuff might not happen to you, but Im just shooting it out here so in case you run into it, dont get all irritated and stuff, others went through the same thing no problem, lol. The 1st time is always "fun". Once you do it a few times its easy. Jeff's 45 minute tranny removal time is actually realistic, even without powertools.

Good luck

 

thanks for the heads up on all this, im just wondering how the gear ring attaches to the flywheel

 

if i'm not mistaken its attached to the timing ring which is bolted onto the flywheel.

 

Ratchet Wrenches my friend...that will solve the problem.

Also, I've found that getting the tranny on your stomach and getting under the car is the easiest way to do it. I hope you can hold it though.

 

~100lbs tranny. get some wheaties for breakfast.

 

I WISH! I couldnt get the closed end (where my ratcheting thing is) over the bolt becuase of how close it sat to the suport rod braket, so I had to use an open end.

I could do it but I dont have the stamina to bench the tranny up and hold it there AND wigle it around to get it into place. I'd rather me and streetzlegend lift it into position, and s0ber line it up from the top and start threading the bolts, lol. STOP TRYIN TO SHOW OFF MUSCLEBOI

Oh yea, dont forget about this tool! a 12pk of amberbock , lol. I dont know about you and your friends NCSU Max, but we work better and faster when we're a little tipsy... dont ask me how! But we started to se a pattern with it, LOL

 

Honestly, this is the easiest way by far to put a tranny on a maxima. When you do the auto, you better make sure you have a cushion on your stomach, or else it will hurt.

When I take my tranny off, I will usually one hand it down by the hole where the starter goes, and carry it that way.

 

hahaha, beer and bench pressing trannies FTW!! Seems like something that would end well

I think were gonna go ahead and try this in the next few weeks thanks to everyones advice!!

Grant

 

this is how i do it unbolt lower on my body shimmy out with it on me then set it on the ground and do the same in reverse.

 

I have to do the same thing to my car. I have a fidanza and an act stage 2 clutch that I have to install.

 

Bump for this question. I don't think it bolts to anything. If it does, then i'm screwed. I have to drop my tranny on Friday because my car wouldn't start. I've come to find out, after I removed my starter and reach in there, that the Crank Positioning Ring has some play in it and doesn't appear to be seated right. This is like 8 months after the 5spd swap/install. Does this thing really get bolted on? Hopefully the bolts just loosened up on me somehow. I have a Fidanza flywheel in there and i bought it used so it came with the ring gear on it already. I don't remember if it was bolted to the FW or not.

 

the timing ring bolts on to the flywheel. For you maybe the bolts got loose and hence some play but they are bolted in. the flexplate the timing ring is welded on.

 

Well, it's my gear ring that came loose. I don't think it's welded. Maybe pressed in. Otherwise, i'd be in deep shyt, lol.