JCF

They designed our flywheel to be "unturnable" meaning they can't remachine the surface when they install a new clutch. I'm sure most of you already know this, but I wasn't aware and my mechanic wasn't either. Instead of paying the $590 (!!!!) for a new flywheel I am going to try using the old one, if it messes up... then I'll sink my money into a new one. The mechanic said thats what he'd try himself... after the jingle of trying to sell me a new flywheel. $590!!! That's a lot of money!

There's gotta be a good reason Audi engineers did this other than to force us to buy another flywheel every time we change our clutch out... anyone have any ideas?

EdP

unwanted harmonic imbalances, and the material face is thin to reduce weight.

Bill In SoCal

BMW's and allot of german cars are like this. Not sure why, however i did indeed have my flywheel resurfaced. The import shop i went to had a method he had been using. I had hot spots on my wheel and basically what he did was tap very small hole in the flywheel so it could be mounted and resurfaced. I can't remember exactly how this works, but I've been driving for 15K and i'm fine. Call around i bet someone has done this.

JCF

Of course, I'm sure the German engineers know something I don't.

JCF

First I want my car back tho! This was only supposed to take 2 days originally, tomorrow is day 4! I'm dyin here!

dbtong

and my independent mechanic, when informed of this, checked with a machine shop that said that they'd be able to as well.

WYSIWYG

i dont think any car company would suggest that single blocks of precision machined metal can be serviceable.
personally, i would try resurfacing the flywheel only if it doesnt look too bad. but since tranny work is a bit of a hassle i would definitely consider a new one or even an upgraded unit