Anyone know if "new" flywheels are available for the 235? I'm getting tired of buying? looking at junk....
I dont know where, but new ring gears can be put on the old disc. Would that fix the problem? or is the disc shot too?
I can't imagine that they would be. Have you looked? I looked on rock auto, and in the listing for the 235 powered truck they show flywheels for a 283, and for a 292, but not for a 235. but yeah, what exactly is junk about the ones you've found? I had a few that I scrapped several years ago that were ok.
The problem with the ones I find are heat check marks. Little cracks primarily toward the center probably caused by overheating. I know the face can be resurfaced but worried about the depth of the cracks. Ring gear no problem....
that's correct. The 292 with three dowels looks like it might fit a 235, but I believe the offset is different. The heat checks should not be a problem. Get it ground, run it.
Funny...if you search Summit they show a flywheel but it's not going to make me happy 'cause they're info is wrong.
Keep in mind also, the 6 volt and 12 volt engines use a different flywheel/flexplate, and therefore, starter motors. The year you need would also be of some help. Maybe try the classifieds over on ChevyTalk.org, in whatever forum your vehicle falls into. I am Butch/56sedandelivery.
55-62 should fit. they made a few different sizes of clutches, so make sure the bolt pattern for the pressure plate matches what you have.
The two I have are supposedly 11" clutch models but the friction surface measures 10" diameter don't know why that is....
If your concerned with heat cracks machine in down to accept an aluminum flywheel steel surface and have it riveted on. That would give great service along with a new ring gear. If you planning on racing it do not use a cast wheel of any kind. McCleod and 10,000 rpm have made me steel light weight flywheels and they've been both excellent products.
OK, 2nd reading I got it I think. Face it drastically and add back thickness from the face of an AL wheel. Mcleod will make me a steel wheel?
A good machine shop will just to a step for the plate the same as you do if it was aluminum, no mor than the thickness of the plate about 1/8" as I remember with counterset rivets. . If it's cast iron you don't want to take anymore than needed and it would only be stepped where the steel disc will fit. The last one they did for me was in 1980 and $75. The one at 10,000 RPM used a stock one for a model. It was $400 in 1999.
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