Why do yo want to take the flywheel off? If you aren't going with a lightweight flywheel I would just take a brillo pad or 40 grit and ruff it up a bit.

 

Are you shittin me? I dont want to yank the tranny and just throw a clutch on a warped flywheel. If yer gonna do something do it right, especially when it involves yankin a transmission out of your car. I had a bad experience with a jumpy clutch in my Jeep because I didnt resurface the flywheel, plus not to mention that I drove the car for awhile with a bad clutch so I can only imagine what the flywheel looks like

 

Do what yo like man, but unless you have realy abused the **** out of it there should be no point. Good luck with it though.

 

If there's a mazda dealership near you, they have an awesome flywheel stabilizer that bolts on to the rear plate and holds the flywheel in place. The guy who built my motor has one. I saw it in action yesterday, it made my barbaric method look pitiful. He said the guy at the dealership let him have it.



I agree with everyone else..pilot bearing is definitely a must. My pb went out in my old fb. That thing made some horrible noise when i'd crank it up.

 

Yah I got a full kit, pilot ,throwout, p/plate and disc. Im puttin it up on the lift today to start pullin the tranny so I'll see soon how bad the damage is.

 

if you have the 2 1/8th socket and an impact gun its easy

 

is THIS the hardened mount that was mentioned, or is it something else. i was looking in their racing section and didn't see anything about tranny mounts and i thought this one was just a stock MAZDA part ...

 

Got my clutch in!! Thanks to all that helped with ideas, next comes brakes and suspension.