Comet

Okay....

91' coupe N/A want to throw in a aluminum flywheel and a replacement clutch....

Are there any special tools (besides slide hammer) or anything out of the ordinary that I'm gonna need to swap that baby out? I did search, and didn't see anything to nasty.... but i want to make sure once I start taking that thing off, I'm not gonnna get stuck ya know? I appreciate any help folks. thanx

vipers

iTrader: (8)

youll need something to lock the flywhel in place to get the huge nut off the eccentric shaft.... the compression of the motor isnt enough

Innovation

iTrader: (1)

And get a clutch alignment tool. Did mine today and the tranny went in with no problem.

Comet

cool, I had heard somthing about needing a 300 ftlb torque to hold the motor in place? I'm only familar w/ motors and working on auto trannys... so forgive the ignorance.....

Parastie

It's not easy getting the nut off, using a high impact torque wrench and one of those tools to lock the flywheel is the best.

vipers

iTrader: (8)

dont worry about it.... we all have to start somewhere!!! thats why im on this site, to help people when they need it, and recieve help when i need it!!!!

note... i made my own flywheel lock using a 1/2 thick steel plate... but just to letyou know.... that flywheel nut is on there tight!!!! very tight!!!

ddub

I used a bolt wedged in between a nut on the motor and the counterweight (I think) to hold the flywheel in place.

You'll need a fairly strong impact wrench as lots of times (like mine) the nut is way overtorqued and with loctite. When putting it back on use red loctite, torque it to 150 ft/lbs and then use an impact wrench to tighten it 60 more degrees, that will be ~350 ft/lbs.

Kenteth

I used a $124 impact wrench with 550 reverse max torque. Came right off w/o any problems. I've come across MANY bolts on this car that were FAR worse than the flywheel nut. Rust does alot, and that flywheel nut doesn't see much of it.

Also with an impact wrench, you really don't need much to hold the engine in place. I think we used a long screwdriver. If you were using an actual wrench, I could forsee needing something huge.