Are our flywheels machineable for a new clutch?
 

Just like the question says.

I have my car in an Audi shop right now getting a new clutch and flex plate put in (along with the aftermarket warranty putting a used tyranny in it). I asked them to machine the flywheel for the new clutch and flex plate.

For over a week they said they were waiting on it. They called me today and said they have been talking extensively to the machine shop and since my flywheel is a two piece design it cannot be machined. At this point I have no choice but to buy a new flywheel. I've been without my car for two and a half months, long story. But I just want it back and I don't expect anything special for the circumstances out of the dealer I'm using. Even though I feel that they made another mistake.

I asked them how they did not know this before hand as I'm not sure the doubling in cost would have made it worth it to put a new clutch/flexplate in. They said they neither they, nor the machine shop have dealt with anything like this before.

Yeah, I'm even more pissed now. My second car, a 92 Eagle Talon tsi awd is down for the winter with a miss, I'm driving my parents full size 1988 E-150 van right now. I just want my car back.

I'm sure that it can be resurfaced...

Yes. Contact Jason@ND.

It takes a special fixture to grind (NOT machine) a double mass flywheel. --->
 

Not every shop has that. You have to call around. But it's done routinely.

Sure can, but only by people who know what they're doing. ND can turn around one in a day.
 

<center><img src="http://www.newdimensions.com/jason/s4_fw/s4_fw01.jpg"></center><p>

Thanks, I'll call around the area.
 

There are a few other reputable machine shops in the area, I'll see what they have. If not I'll contact Jason@ND.

Time to call back the shop.

Thanks.
 

Like I said in my other post. I'm going to call around locally and see if it can get done. If not I'll get back a hold of you. That is if my dealers (and I use the operative my loosely) preferred machine shop hasn't ruined the current flywheel trying to grind it down.

Is the fixture specifically for this flywheel/Audi flywheels or should the fixture be able to do all double mass flywheel's?

Think I have a case for them to pay for it if they were idiots and ruined my flywheel?

If you live in the Washington, DC area, --->
 

Call :

Allied Independent Machine Service
1245 W Broad St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
703-533-8355

They quoted approx. $175.

If they destroy your flywheel, make them buy you a NEW one.

Grinding is not possible with our units, resurfacing is done on a lathe.
 

Dual mass does not pose an issue if the shop has the ability to hold the unit correctly on the outside of the surface to be machined. Ie, a solid, concentric and parallel jaw/chuck will work fine. Although I question the resurfacing altogether given the extreme heat cycling that a used unit has seen. How much material is being removed to get the parallelism back into spec? How much material is left? Also the geometery of the pressure plate clamping position is altered given the new "depth" of surface. Are the flywheel crank bolts heads getting close to contact with the disk? You get my point, although it can be done, IMHO I personally would stay away from resurfacing a stock unit.