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Flywheel terminology
Posted by Steve B (more from Steve B) on Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:19:40
In Reply to: 1990 Flywheel Question, Gene Keyser, Sat, 13 Apr 2002 02:00:22
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Automatic transmissions do not use flywheels. A flywheel is quite heavy (ca. 20 lbs) and is a rotating mass to store energy so that the engine is kept from bogging down when the clutch is engaged. The rotating mass of the automatic's torque converter serves a similar, but more complex fuction since it has to couple the engines rotation to the transmission through a fluid (ATF). The torque converter is bolted to the engine through a drive plate. In contrast to the heavy flywheel, the drive plate weights only a few pounds and serves as a point of attachment for the torque converter and the large starter (ring) gear (not to be confused with the ring and pinion gears in the differential).
Anyway enough of the pedantics. If the '90 drive plate is in good shape, I would use it. You know more of its history that that of the one your obtained from the junk yard. So long as the teeth are good and its sheet metal is in good shape, that's really all that matters.
Steve B
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