flywheel thickness

[Discovery-94]

Hi guys,

Took my disco apart this week, and hoping to bolt hundreds of dollars of new parts back on this weekend.

Just wondering about the flywheel, is there a minimum thickness and if so do you measure it between the raised or the lower bit on the engine side to the clutch?

Thanks !

[Discovery-94]

oh, its a 300 TDI with a R380 if thats of any importance.

[Blknight.aus]

there is, I cant rememebr what it is, you generally wont hit it on the first machining, and if its so screwed that you will a good machinist will simply tell you that no, its not worth machining, a new one would probably be cheaper.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Its a piece of 3mm sheet metal with the ring gear welded on top,,



oh, wait,,
its a rattler,,

take one boat anchor--:angel::wasntme:;):D

[Discovery-94]

ok - pedro, now I'm confused....

but anyhow.
I found a thickness - 36.960mm according to haynes manual. RAVE disc doesnt seem to have an opinion on thickness, or maybe I just cant find it.

Problem is now that mine appears to be 35mm - but to confirm this I'm off to Bunnings now to get myself a proper measure device (not an adjustable spanner and a steel ruler...)

Oh and by the way, I already got it machined today, at an Engeneering place down the road - but didnt even think about thickness etc until I got home :angrylock:

God I hope its not too thin....
Are there shims to compensate for it if it is? Or what would be the problems caused by it?

[Blknight.aus]

the potential is flywheel failure.... realistically its overengineered but I'm a stickler for tolerance, if its too thin or so close that I think it might wear to the point of being too thin then its a very nice paper weight you have there, go get me one that looks like it but makes tolerance so I can finish working on your vehicles.