Trying to figure a few things out here, my clutch is fried beyond belief (like its not even there)

Did a little searching but havent been finding what im looking for

I was wondering if anyone had a ballpark estimate of how much heat a flywheel would generate from spirit driving, normal driving, or just getting on the gas to get into traffic?
Not expecting exact numbers as i know it will vary slightly from car to car, but trying to figure out how much wear my flywheel is recieving especially after 89k.

And our stock flywheels are steel correct? i would assume so but just wondering?

thanks

 

^ If your clutch is slipping a lot, there will be a LOT more heat than there would normally be..

 

^Yep. Otherwise if you REALLY abuse it, it will get hot also. But really the wear comes from when a clutch goes bad. You can most likely get it resurfaced as long as its not warped to badly.

 

oh no, i was just wondering on a normal car

the story is, is that my warranty was voided at South Bend because the shop that installed it didnt resurface the flywheel, which South Bend requires, but the shop refuses to pay for a new one then and its been going in a complete circle with some other stuff in there too

my dad "talked" to... according to him edelbrock and they said that flywheels dont even need machined, so im trying to find out how much warpage/wear there could (ball park range) be on my flywheel, to try and show my dad, who doesnt believe the they need machined that the shop should've machined it... if this all makes sense

 

I get it. Everyone is pointing the finger somewhere else. That sucks. Ive hear dof people just leaving them without resurfacing. It really depends from case to case on what you should do. personally i always resurface on mine

 

yea, its junk, i personally think that its pretty warped, the way i drive and the way the previous owner drove it (i can tell it was rough, 2nd gear synchros are going bad) it should be way beyond needing resurfaced, so im trying to get enough info together to show my dad, and am still working with south bend to try and get my warranty, but its a failing effort

 

ALWAYS resurface a flywheel. Its like finding out your brake rotors are warped but you choose not to get new ones or get them re-surfaced. What will happen to your brake pads will happen to your disk pads. I never resurface a flywheel that has more than 50k miles on it. I always buy a brand new one.

 

^^^ Thank you thank you thank you, that is the EXACT thing i said about the rotors tonight, thats what i've been trying to explain to him, and its been 89k on the flywheel. but apparently "all" the "mechanics" and edelbrock (lol) think differently, he doesnt have the faith in you guys like i do and considering more than likely none of the shops in my town have ever worked on a tib they really dont know what to do with them

this is a little off topic for flywheels, but i didnt see a point in making a new thread to ask this

how would you "remanufacture" a clutch, south bend wants me to send my clutch back so they can remanufacture (from what i've learned so far) my clutch disc? how would you remanufacture that? Thats like remanufacturing brake pads, I don't really get how you would do that.

 

Uhm, isn't South Bend the company that made the clutch rated for 250 HP that gave up at 197? The one Tibbytib has?

 

Ya.

And the clutch disc would be just redone basically. Like relining brake shoes. They do it. Not sure if its worth it but it can be done.