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Old 02/11/15, 01:04 PM
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Flywheel Surface
Picked up an engine that had the flywheel faced but the engine was not used for sometime. The face of the flywheel now has a light rust on it, thoughts on cleaning it up, orbital sander with grit, wire wheel brush on an angle grinder???
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Old 02/11/15, 01:28 PM
 
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The clutch disk will polish it, if you insist on doing something I would use on of the scotch brite disks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-3M-Scotc...item19fb072e47
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Old 02/11/15, 02:12 PM
 
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Check and see it is flat first. If not have it surfaced.
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Old 02/11/15, 02:31 PM
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It was surfaced, but has developed light rust as it has not been used.
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Old 02/12/15, 12:32 PM
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Just knock the rust off with scotch bright pads or even sandpaper and go with it. If it had heat crakes or grooves wore in it that would be another story. You might want to run a tap threw the bolt holes for the pressure plate so you can get the correct torque on it.
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Old 02/20/15, 06:40 PM
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ive had luck with 80grit sand paper on a orbital sander
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Old 03/01/15, 12:39 PM
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I would hit it with some barkeepers friend and steel wool. Its the best stuff going for quick and easy rust removal and make it shine like a new penny.
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