Can you remove flywheel?
There are several techniques that may be employed to accomplish removal. The best technique requires a special tool – a flywheel puller; the least preferred method requires nothing more than a hammer and a screwdriver, but can easily result in serious damage to the flywheel and / or crankshaft.
Do you have to remove engine to replace flywheel?
Before replacing the flywheel you must remove the manual transmission and clutch assemblies. Once this is complete the flywheel is exposed, start by using an air impact gun to remove the flywheel mounting bolts.
Is replacing a flywheel hard?
Engine flywheels are normally highly durable, but if the teeth of the flywheel become worn, which they will eventually, the flywheel will need replacing. The replacement process itself is not overly complicated. Accessing the flywheel is by far the hardest part.
What happens when a flywheel is bad?
The symptoms of a bad flywheel can include difficulty changing gears, a burning smell, a judder in the clutch pedal, a slipping clutch and a vibration in the clutch straight after releasing the clutch pedal. If the flywheel is faulty, you will not be able to change gears and the car won’t run as smooth as it should.
How do you get a flywheel out of a VW?
To counterhold the flywheel, thread some of the transmission bolts back into place, use a VW tool (a lock that bites the flywheel and threads into 1 bolt hold), or a generic flywheel holder (pictured below with the breaker bar on it). The flywheel will only bolt on at one orientation due to the bolt hole alignment.
How many bolts do you need to remove a flywheel?
To remove the flywheel, counterhold the flywheel and remove the 6 bolts holding the flywheel. Do not counterhold it by the 19mm bolt at the harmonic balancer/serpentine crankshaft bolt at the other (front) end of the crankshaft.
Can a dual mass flywheel fail on a Jetta?
The DSG transmission(2004+ New Beetle) seem to be more prone to failure but the manual transmission Jetta and Golf also can have this problem. The dual mass flywheel is made of two halves with a damper between them and because it’s two piece, it can fail.
How to replace and remove new clutch kit and flywheel on?
Install the new flywheel and hand thread the bolts. Tighten them in a diagonal pattern to 44 ft-lb. Double check them. Then tighten them all in a diagonal pattern another 1/4 turn. They are single use stretch bolts with threadlocker and should not be reused. Very lightly grease the splines of the clutch. Less is better.