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Fidnaza Flywheel gear came loose

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Mph

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Jan 7, 2010
Naperville, Illinois
I tried starting my car and the starter would not engage with the flywheel. When I checked my flywheel, the outer teeth were not aligned with the notches in the center of the flywheel.

You can see in the picture there is 3 allen head bolts that hold the outer teeth to the actual flywheel. These 3 botls came loose and the gears spun without turning over the motor.

I tightened them up with lock tight, and the motor turns over now. Does anyone know what the torque specs would be? How to keep this from happening again?

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Wow ive never heard of that! But I like stock flywheels anyway. I would torque them down as much as possible personally, like 70 ft/lbs or whatever I can do with just a ratchet, no breaker bar or torque wrench, and i would use the super lock tite (200ft/lbs) to be sure. Just what I would do if I couldnt figure it out otherwise (call email fidanza)
 
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