Subject	Is this a common failure for an aluminum flywheel?
Posted by	just4kinks on April 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Message	All the screws holding the ring gear backed out, until the ring gear was loose and the engine wouldn't start. Flywheel was installed about 15k miles / 10 years ago. Not a cheap flywheel. Interestingly the screws holding the insert plates were mostly still tight, except for two. Maybe because they were threaded directly into aluminum rather than helicoils. I think I'm done with aluminum flywheels. I replaced this one with chromoly from Action Clutch, it's one-piece and looks nicely made. In case you're wondering what it sounds like when a screw comes loose: La-Z-Link
Follow Ups	Is this a common failure for an aluminum flywheel? - just4kinks 21:20:25 04/20/24 Old school RPS/SZ flywheel?I have the same one - itsa300zx 11:43:53 04/21/24 That's the one I'm running as well. Mine looked "ok" when - Inzane 11:41:53 04/22/24 Mine looked fine too when installed in 2017. Will be going - itsa300zx 09:38:06 04/23/24 same thing happened to my Red RPS flywheel in 2016, issues.. - Halo TTZ 13:48:42 04/21/24 Thanks for the responses, yep it's RPS. - just4kinks 16:11:16 04/21/24 They are kinda end of life unless SZ will make new inserts. - Bernie (NoVA) 17:38:29 04/21/24 Just dealt with this... Inserts are NLA according to SZ. (n/m) - KevinsFairlady 09:02:41 04/25/24 I had nothing but problems with my RPS - outkaZTT 09:21:02 04/22/24 The Original ConVerTT has had a red RPS since 2005 - ConVerTT 12:49:12 04/26/24 Re: Is this a common failure for an aluminum flywheel? - VinZmax 11:58:14 04/23/24 Probably similar, but I didn't weigh it. (n/m) - just4kinks 14:16:07 04/23/24 I've seen that failure before on a local car. - MixManMash 19:22:18 04/27/24
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