Problem with Fidanza Flywheel Install
07-16-2005, 09:49 PM
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Problem with Fidanza Flywheel Install
Well finally had some free time this weelend so I pulled the tranny this afternoon and I am installing a 5th gen clutch with a fidanza flywheel. I hit a dead end when it came time to install the new flywheel.
The problem is that while the fidanza flywheel does come with the big teeth ring gear for the starter motor, but it does NOT come with the smaller teeth ring gear. It is the signal plate that is used for the POS crank sensor. With out it, I am pretty sure the car wont even start!!
When I got my flywheel a few weeks ago I DID notice this but I thought that the signal plate would be able to come off of the old flywheel and then I would have to put it on the fidanza one... well the signal plate is actually riveted on the back of the larger ring gear... so there is no way of getting it off. I took an gamble and lost!
Did I get the wrong flywheel? It seems many others have installed the fidanza with no mention of this problem! Do I have to return this thing and just go with stillen which actually makes you reuse the both the larger ring gear for the starter and the smaller ring gear for the POS?
Also, what about the smaller disk that sits on front of the old flywheel? The FSM calls it the flywheel reinforcement. The flywheel bolts go through it, then through the flywheel, and into the crank. Do I need to reuse it with the fidanza?
Thanks,
Devin
The problem is that while the fidanza flywheel does come with the big teeth ring gear for the starter motor, but it does NOT come with the smaller teeth ring gear. It is the signal plate that is used for the POS crank sensor. With out it, I am pretty sure the car wont even start!!
When I got my flywheel a few weeks ago I DID notice this but I thought that the signal plate would be able to come off of the old flywheel and then I would have to put it on the fidanza one... well the signal plate is actually riveted on the back of the larger ring gear... so there is no way of getting it off. I took an gamble and lost!
Did I get the wrong flywheel? It seems many others have installed the fidanza with no mention of this problem! Do I have to return this thing and just go with stillen which actually makes you reuse the both the larger ring gear for the starter and the smaller ring gear for the POS?
Also, what about the smaller disk that sits on front of the old flywheel? The FSM calls it the flywheel reinforcement. The flywheel bolts go through it, then through the flywheel, and into the crank. Do I need to reuse it with the fidanza?
Thanks,
Devin
07-17-2005, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by cefiro8701
wow...i don't know how much help ur gonna get here devin...remember that most i30 drivers are auto and they dont have the fidanza thing going on either maybe more of a response in the 4th gen forums.
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