Sheared my flywheel bolts at the track. Flywheel has been on the car for 118k miles, it's trash now. Flywheel was not removed when I did my clutch 500 miles ago . Tomorrow I try to clean up the crank , hopefully it's still good


Pulled the trans back when dropping it and started to see the webbing on the back of my block, was sitting there like" this isn't good"

Now to figure out what ARP bolts I need to buy. Going to grap the flywheel and pressure plate bolts

 

you're being pretty optimistic about this....

whats the plan? Try to get the threads to back out with an extractor?

 

Pretty hardcore. Hope the crank isnt damaged, good luck.

 

Yeah that looks really bad

 

ouch. good luck

 

Exactly the plan , fingers crossed

 

If the flywheel mounting surface is not level, it may be toast...but I think the biggest challenge will be removing the bolts cleanly.

It mustve felt really responsive revving with no flywheel, lol. Good luck!

 

Revved very well without the flywheel, no idea how it kept running or why it didn't pop a CEL instantly. I guess the crank sensor is not that important

 

What?

 

Just snapped my first EZ out , got the bolt to turn 1/2 turn before it snapped.

What to do, what to do.

 

I like Cobra's idea. Meanwhile they should exchange the broken extractor. Kobalt, Craftsman etc all guarantee hand tools for life. Liquid Wrench soaking overnight, then PB Blaster and a propane torch.
Good luck!

 

You could also try to use a center punch to spin the bolt out after soaking in penetrating oil.

 

Thinking center punch to punch the broken EZ out all the way thru. I completely drilled thru the bolt prior, then open it up for a larger sized EZ out.

Also going to take a Roloc disk ( blue or red) to the crank surface to clean the aluminum off it. Seems like the steel crank should be ok under the aluminum that is imbedded into it

 

Down to 2 bolts left in the crank. One has the snapped EZ out, but I may be able to salvage this thing.

 

The other threads still fine?

 

Seem good, but will run a tap past them to make sure they are perfectly clean

 

good to hear

pssssssshhhhhh, come to the dark side with me, could you imagine this in the Z?

 

That vid was fun to watch. I think that's the first time I've seen your car in action.

Does.Not.Sound.Or.Look.Stock

 

Except for when your car pooped itself. Heck, I would've shat myself if I heard that happen to my Z while driving it. Makes me want to cry.

 

I'm curious what caused this though?