Flywheel damage is this repairable?

[99vipereater]

I hit my brand new Fidanza flywheel with a hammer and put a dent in it my question is can I have the flywheel rebalanced separately or do I have to replace the whole thing?

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[JusMX141]

If you dented the aluminum, it's probably fine. If the hammer actually removed metal from the flywheel you may want to consider a rebalance, although I'm not convinced a mark that small is going to make any difference at all.

 

[atownturbo]

Why the heck would you do that? I would suggest a rubber mallet next time you wanna hit something soft. But like jusmx141 said as long as there is no material removal you should be fine.

 

[99vipereater]

Why the heck would you do that? I would suggest a rubber mallet next time you wanna hit something soft. But like jusmx141 said as long as there is no material removal you should be fine.

I was tapping new trans dowels in next to the flywheel I didn't purpously take a hammer to my alum flywheel. I know its not damaged enough to make the flywheel fail, but it did dispalace some material. A few grams of inbalance just inches off center can cause alot of unecessary force on the crank and seeing this is a brand new build with expesive internals I want it to last. That said is it possible to balance the flywheel and pressure plate seperate from the crank?

 

[99vipereater]

So is it possible to rebalance it withought pulling the crank out?

 

[laserspeeddemon]

Yea. Just balance it. But I'm with Justin. If it's still flat just use it.

 

[phunny]

You may be fine, but if it's a brand new build why risk it? Having it balanced couldn't cost that much I wouldn't think

 

[99vipereater]

You may be fine, but if it's a brand new build why risk it? Having it balanced couldn't cost that much I wouldn't think

this is what I'm saying a few grams of imbalance can wreak havoc on internals and a stroker already ha nasty wear problems.