Help! Truck died while driving, starter now just spins...

[BradMph]

Wow!, What was the name of the stuff you were smokin when you put it back together? Gonga! My gawd that looks gnarly from the photos and must of made some hell of a noise before it stopped. Gotta think how much torque was applied to that flywheel to create a tear sideways on something like that. Incredible, wonder what hidden damage could of occurred on a hit with something so violent as that.

Well, replace the broken parts, flywheel must be an exact match since they balance them things and I'm not sure if they balance to crank essembly or not. Using coil for threading should be fine since there are 5 other bolts to help. Sure hope you can torque to specs on the coil hole though. If not maybe a tiny lock tight if required to ensure it doesn't back out, which probably won't happen, IF YOU TIGHTEN IT!, lol.

If coil doesn't work, you'll need to retap and use a larger bolt which will throw balance off a small amount.

Keep us informed and let us know if you have any further questions.



If you've seen a flywheel explosion it was probably not as violent or destructive as the one that occurred in San Diego one day. An 11,000 pound, 7 foot in diameter flywheel rotating at 6000 RPM exploded in the building of a Company ripping through the roof and injuring several employees of,(and get this), "Quantum Energy Storage".
Cal OSHA fined them $58,000 in addition to other infractions, failing to use a protective flywheel shield.
Obviously they failed the Sfi Tech inspection.
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[haruman]

Wow!, What was the name of the stuff you were smokin when you put it back together?

So, I've never touched this part of the truck before... had a rebuilt transmission put on by a transmission shop. Wasn't me. Truck died almost two years ago, took me over a year to find a "new" flexplate for the damn thing. The rusty flexplate is the replacement, btw.