ibiris
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A first post for me, so I appreciate your patience.
I have just taken delivery of a Fidanza flywheel to fit along with a new OEM clutch as the current one is worn. As the flywheel doesn't come with a pilot bearing (see picture), i've also ordered an OEM one from Honda.
The flywheel:
Although I will not personally be doing the work (the car is going to a garage as my motor skills do not stretch this far), I wanted to ensure that there would be no surprises or hurdles when it came to fitting the flywheel.
Reading up on the installation instructions that came with the flywheel (and also on the Fidanza website), it would appear that the pilot bearing will require loctiting into the centre of the flywheel. After a bit of research, it seems to be due to the difference in expansion rates of the two metals (aluminium for the flywheel and steel for the bearing).
Being slightly concerned that any looseness of the bearing could cause issues during use (bearing spinning out etc), I contacted Tegiwa to see if they could shed some light on it. They were unable to recall occasions when people have had to loctite the bearing in, so recommended I put the question to ek9.org, as many guys from here have fitted Fidanza flywheels on B series engines.
Currently I'm worried that the bearing may work loose and trash the flywheel and whatever else, if it isn't installed using loctite. Or, it working loose even if loctite is used during installation.
So:
1. Does anyone have experience with installing a Fidanza flywheel onto a B series engine, along with an OEM pilot bearing?
2. If so, do you recall having to loctite the bearing into the flywheel prior to installation?
3. Would it be physically possible for it to work loose once the flywheel/clutch/transmission assemblies are fully installed?
The 'lip' on the inside of the flywheel would suggest that the bearing is inserted from the opposite side to the clutch, and the only means of lateral travel would be away from the direction of the clutch.
I am expecting delivery of the bearing on Thursday at the earliest, so am unable to check for fitment until then. The Civic service manual suggests that it would need 'force' to fit it to the OEM flywheel, which would explain why loctite is not required to retain it. But on this occasion, I don't know how loose or 'interference' the fitment is suppose to be.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I have just taken delivery of a Fidanza flywheel to fit along with a new OEM clutch as the current one is worn. As the flywheel doesn't come with a pilot bearing (see picture), i've also ordered an OEM one from Honda.
The flywheel:
Although I will not personally be doing the work (the car is going to a garage as my motor skills do not stretch this far), I wanted to ensure that there would be no surprises or hurdles when it came to fitting the flywheel.
Reading up on the installation instructions that came with the flywheel (and also on the Fidanza website), it would appear that the pilot bearing will require loctiting into the centre of the flywheel. After a bit of research, it seems to be due to the difference in expansion rates of the two metals (aluminium for the flywheel and steel for the bearing).
Being slightly concerned that any looseness of the bearing could cause issues during use (bearing spinning out etc), I contacted Tegiwa to see if they could shed some light on it. They were unable to recall occasions when people have had to loctite the bearing in, so recommended I put the question to ek9.org, as many guys from here have fitted Fidanza flywheels on B series engines.
Currently I'm worried that the bearing may work loose and trash the flywheel and whatever else, if it isn't installed using loctite. Or, it working loose even if loctite is used during installation.
So:
1. Does anyone have experience with installing a Fidanza flywheel onto a B series engine, along with an OEM pilot bearing?
2. If so, do you recall having to loctite the bearing into the flywheel prior to installation?
3. Would it be physically possible for it to work loose once the flywheel/clutch/transmission assemblies are fully installed?
The 'lip' on the inside of the flywheel would suggest that the bearing is inserted from the opposite side to the clutch, and the only means of lateral travel would be away from the direction of the clutch.
I am expecting delivery of the bearing on Thursday at the earliest, so am unable to check for fitment until then. The Civic service manual suggests that it would need 'force' to fit it to the OEM flywheel, which would explain why loctite is not required to retain it. But on this occasion, I don't know how loose or 'interference' the fitment is suppose to be.
Any help would be much appreciated.
