broke the little pin that lines up the flywheel.. important?

[EstoMax]

hey everyone

i was installing the fylwheel on my new engine and it slipped, shearing off the little alignment pin head (i suppose its that)

is this lil pin important? it doesnt seem to serve any purpose besides alignment.

thanksMarko

[Dattebayo]

You need to remove all the alignment pins or get a new one and remove the old one somehow.

That will be just fine if you do one or the other. I would not just leave it as is...

[EstoMax]

so this is an alignment pin? what exactly does it do ??

[Dattebayo]

align the clutch/pressure plate

Its only a helpful device. not a needed device.

[EstoMax]

i seeee.. well im just moving the clutch/flywheel over from my old motor so i hopefully wont be needing to align it. this motor is not permanent either, just using it until i get my other one rebuilt.

also, where would i get a replacement pin thingie? in case i need to put a new one in

thanksMarko

[Dattebayo]

How about a parts store? Maybe Nissan?

[EstoMax]

parts store.. good lead.. but i checked online like at midway nissan and courtesy parts and i didnt see anything along the line of that. and i cant find anything in the FSM either.. call me blind or stupid but i dono

anyway heres the thing i broke off just to make sure we on the same page

[Dattebayo]

no, we are not on the same page.

I thought you were talking about something on the face of the flywheel... I am not sure if you can replace that part...

[EstoMax]

ah.. well then good thing i took a pic hehe.. yea the thing is that thing is not even seen after the clutch goes on, so i cant see any use for it besides making sure that the flywheel goes on only one way for some reason

okMarko

[Dattebayo]

Yeah, Nissan does weight the flywheel at the factory, so maybe it might affect the rotating mass a little bit... you may need another flywheel to be safe...

[EstoMax]

the flywheel is fine.. nothing wrong with it, and getting a new one wouldnt make any difference with that broken pin anyway i think

Marko

[Dattebayo]

Post this over in the Online Mechanic forum.

NISTECH might have a great solution for you.

[tonynalli]

hell no you dont need it. i never needed it on the 5 240s that ive had. and i never had any problems after i replaced the clutches

[98s14inaz]

You don't need it. Trust me.