reno808

For my B7 A4.....

You can see the progress. Very easy to do and cheap. You can use the same the tool for the rotors as well. The one pictured is the one i bought. The come in 3 different styles; fine, medium, and course. The one I bought is medium.

Humboldtgrin

Hmmm... You think you took off the hot spots and have it completely flat like a flywheel surface machine does? Or just buffed it and it still has the hot spots and not perfectly flat? Just wondering because it takes some time to do a clutch job on these cars and if it started to chatter because it wasn't totally flat right away then one might just be kicking themselves in the butt for not spending that extra $20-40 at the machine shop and not have to worry. Also these 951's are not stepped flywheels, they have to be within specs or you creat more gap which in turn create less clamping force on the disc. Just food for thought. But it does look nice and shinny on the clamping face of your flywheel. Also what kind of car is that flywheel off of because it sure doesn't look like the stepped 944 or the flat surface 951 flywheel. And it's missing a lot of bolt holes. If it's a Honda then sure go for it. But these cars take way too long for a clutch job to skip that detail of machining the flywheel.

Droops83

You saved what, 40 bucks?

jc in rb

You saved what, 40 bucks? minus 30.00 for the tool?????

Paulyy

Honestly would have rather taken it to a machine shop and all they would have done is put it on a lathe and machined the face off nice and flat. They would only charge like $50 or something like that for it.


It's off a B7 A4 Audi

reno808

ummmm if the fly wheel wasn't perfectly flat, why wouldn't i just change it? LOL.... This flywheel wasn't causing any issues what so ever, i just wanted to clean up the surface before putting the clutch and PP on. Why would I take all the surface away from the flywheel??? How long does it take to change a clutch on a 951? LOL

reno808

you can use it on rotors as well.

lee101315

Nice. As long as you check to make sure the flywheel isn't warped and its perfectly level, this is an easy way to get all the glaze off of the clutch surface.

Other than that, you can put a flywheel on a brake lathe and machine it down a hair as well.

alxdgr8

B7 is a dual mass flywheel right? So most shops wouldn't resurface it anyways. Good tool to remove glaze.

Naplesguy06

The guy wants to show us what he can do with a drill and polishing pad I don't think he meant to resurface it. I think it's a good way to prep it for a new pressure plate as long as the surface wasn't compromised in its ability to make perfect contact in any way. Should grip better as well.

reno808

correcto. A stock one is like $ 500.00 more than a high performance aftermarket one

lart951

actually a better way to clean up the surface is this kit (pict #1-2) you can buy the tool & sandpaper with adhesive for under $ 15.00 bucks but as others have mentioned is NOT resurfacing, resurfacing requires a machine shop with proper equipment, if you pay attention to the following video you will see that even if the FW appears to be flat to the eye, the surface could be far from flat. So if you are sure that your Flywheel is flat, yes you can prep the surface with a drill and pads. The video is good to inform those unfamiliar with the term "resurfacing or regrind" and what is involved in this process and I tell you is not a drill, lol.

Humboldtgrin

Some dual mass flywheel can be seperated and turned such as the ford 7.3 and 6.0 diesel DMF, just use new bolts when put back together. Porsche doesn't recommend resurfacing the DMF they make thou. In most cases aftermarket flywheels are avalible for cars with DMF originally but are not DMF and use a different clutch kit with them but can be machined or if it's aluminum then just replace the matting surface. The down side is more vibration will be felt without the DMF.