Just wondering if anyone knows the secret of getting the dowels into the flywheel. Which side do you bang the dowel through? Please any help is greatly appreciated as the car is all apart now with 2 feet of snow at the doorstep. Thanks

 

the large part of the dowel goes into the hole.

i used a hammer but tapped lightly, only
hard enough to set them in place.

 

Hey, JDWalton here....

Thanks hammeron but the truth is I used the forums to get my mom away from me for a minute.....

heres how it goes.... Steel flywheel, steel pin.........

Now put down your purse Alice, use your man hands, and hit the dam thing with a mallet. Got 2 in in 1 minute after fussing with my mom for 2 hours every time I hit it remotely hard.... Cant blame her though, this is the most apart she has ever seen a non mechanic take a car apart.

 

Hey Hammeron, original Speeding bullitt here, there was no way those dowels were going in on ours with light taps. Do you think so long as we get them flush they will be all right? He (son) thinks so but we have never done this before. thanks so much for all the help, have fun in the snow, its hammer time!

 

well if you hit the dowels too hard they get
a little larger at the top and it will be a tight fit
when you go to mount the pressure plate.

i ran into this on one of my dowel pins and had to
gently persuade the pressure plate onto the
pin.

 

lol i understand now! nice idea...

SpeedingBullit, the son knows what he's doing
and everything will be fine.

 

hey hammer, Thanks alot man. Were all set now. Did exactly what you said. Had to smash the sheerzit out of those things and giggle them some but inthe end the plate is on there flush and it looks good.:icon_sn owball:

 

awesome!

glad it's you guys doing this,
instead of me. too cold in my garage
right now for this kind of fun...

 

Anti-Seize will aid in tight dowel installation.

Yes, I install dowels on a daily basis and they will 'mushroom' on the top
if struck with a metal hammer hard enough.
I always use the trusty brass hammer as digging hardened pieces
of dowel that shatter off at high speeds and embed themselves into
anything fleshy in the near area of said dowel installation are a PIA
to remove. Especially the eye region (Safety Glasses).

 

+1 safety glasses are a must....

not only for shrapnel, but for the dirt
that falls in your eye making your life
miserable.