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Old Mar 24, 2005 | 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by xatracing
This is how one of our resurfaced flywheels look. It is cross cut on a circular stone lathe. You see the circular pattern radiating... These are raised ridges from the process which the clutch disk will wear even after a proper break in. Until then you have a "spoongy" sufrace which does not have as much surface area as a broken in flywheel with a flat surface. This type of resurface gives you about the best break in when it breaks in. Until then, like I said, less surface area will promote slip under good power.

martin

Maybe you need to resurface your flywheel differnetly then. The grain is not fine enough on the surface, reminds me of a cylinder wall - how come brand new flywheels arent' like that then, if that's the best way to do it?
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