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LoudAccord
02-19-2002, 10:14 AM
once in a while the teeth on the flywheel will not match up, and I get a loud screeching noise, and it will not crank. So I have to do it again and it will catch and start. First question is will this go away? next, is there a way to stop it? finally, has this happened to any of you?

Thanks,
Alex
BB1-4WS
02-19-2002, 10:40 AM
Did you get a lightened flywheel? Machine shops tend to take too much material off the teeth sometimes.

Otherwise, your starter brushes might be too worn.
Laura
02-19-2002, 11:54 AM
Too bad we dont have all the posts from the old board... I remember this happening to someone else... dOh... I must be getting old... cant remember details.
LoudAccord
02-19-2002, 12:31 PM
sorry about that... I forgot the details :) I got an ACT HDSS clutch, ClutchMaster Flywheel and Quaife LSD put in.
Grant
02-19-2002, 12:48 PM
Originally posted by LoudAccord
sorry about that... I forgot the details :) I got an ACT HDSS clutch, ClutchMaster Flywheel and Quaife LSD put in.

Did you get the right flywheel? You have a h22 swap right? The Prelude flywheel and Accord flywheel have a different number of teeth or slightly different diameters or something like that. Maybe they gave you an Accord flywheel seeing your car is an Accord...
93SRVMAN
02-19-2002, 02:55 PM
Happens to me every now and then as well. I think it's my starter. Had this problem before I went with an aftermarket clutch and flywheel.
LoudAccord
02-19-2002, 03:08 PM
I checked, and it is a prelude flywheel. for 92-96 vtec. which is what I have.
BB1-4WS
02-20-2002, 09:55 AM
The Accord has 1 less tooth compared to the Prelude, and the timing mark is 2 degrees advanced.
Other than those differences, it should start no matter.

I'd guess is that the CM's flywheel teeth have been grinded down too much.
LoudAccord
02-20-2002, 10:22 AM
both the accord and the lude flywheel have exactly the same part # on www.clutchmasters.com .... hummmmm strange.
DirtyLude
02-20-2002, 10:40 AM
As far as I've seen, noone grinds the actual teeth down when lightening a flywheel. You mean the grind them so they're thinner?

I would have to say it's the starter as well. It used to happen to me on my old Tercel and on my Oldsmobile.
BB1-4WS
02-20-2002, 11:57 AM
Just checked out the flywheel from CM. Sorry, I thought they were modified factory ones.
It's probably your starter then...

I've seen a few flywheels where the machine shop modify the teeth so that they're thinner or shorter just to reduce just a bit more weight. Some go as far as taking material out completely (holes). This wouldn't be a very streetable setup, and your asking for something to break or shatter.

Mark, JUN flywheels have really short teeth, and some have experienced hard starting with them.
LoudAccord
02-20-2002, 02:27 PM
My starter worked fine before I got the flywheel... should I try to replace the starter gear, or the entire starter?