[Vwdiesel] Honing advice needed!

[Shawn Wright]

On 31 Mar 2005 at 15:35, LBaird119 at aol.com <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

> And I need to get the flywheel turned 
> - the clutch was rusted to it, so it looks a bit rough.
> Shawn Wright
> 
> I Hagar is puzzeld ----- when I get a clutch for a Rabbit  ----? --it is 
> complete.
> New flywheel and all.
> 
> 
>   Sure you don't mean the pressure plate?  I've never heard of a clutch 
> kit that includes a flywheel, unless maybe it's a race application.  Not 
> many of those for a diesel Rabbit!  ;-)
> 
>   Shawn, if you can just clean it up with a little emory cloth or sandpaper 
> then do it.  That's a "stepped" flywheel so it costs more to surface and 
> the shop has to be good to keep the two surfaces the same distance 
> apart.

Thanks Loren. I did this tonight and it seems fine. I used some 220 grit sandpaper to 
get the worst roughness off, then used steel wool (didn't have any emory cloth), and 
it seems pretty good. Now I need to decide if I can get away with the same on the 
pressure plate or not - a new one is $65US. The teeth on the PP look ok.

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D 
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
'82 Diesel Westy