Schaeffler LuK LFW101 Flywheel, OEM Flywheel, LuK RepSet Clutch Replacement Parts

This Flywheel was used on a Hotrod project, the engine is a 1963 Chevrolet pickup 283 with a 1959 El Camino crankshaft and the clutch set is a stock size 11" out of a 1987 Astro van that had a Borg Warner T5 transmission. When I looked up the application for the flywheel purchase I used a 1969 Chevrolet 350 out of a full size car I think it was an Impala but could have been a Caprice or a Biscayne I don't remember but they are all the same for what I was doing. My research paid off, the flywheel fit.I write this review in detail because I know I'm not the only one to mess with small block Chevys and I want to pass off anything to make your search and purchase easier.The flywheel works as it should but it should be mentioned that I am no Small Block Chevy expert (but I have been turning wrenches for well over 30 years on literally 100s of cars so this wasn't my first clutch job). Here is my experience The flywheel is/was super tight sliding over the crankshaft snout so much so i used the mounting bolts to carefully (and evenly) drive it down which still doesn't seem right but it is firmly seated and it didn't break. Now if you are wondering the answer is no, there wasn't grease or grime on the crank making it fatter or something odd like rust or grime, I know I checked it questioning it myself and even cleaned it with some sand paper until it was shiny. Anyways Here is my final assessment it seems like the flywheel should have been machined .001 to .002 or so larger to fit easily on but still have little to no movement but as I sort of said above my experience with manual transmissions on GM products is very limited so this might be normal but I question it and I saw in another comment before I bought this that someone had the same experience. My point is it fit, I would imagine it and the crankshaft are the exact same size. So it fits but it is super tight and when it comes off in the hopefully distant future I am sure I will me cursing profusely using expletives that my marine father would have cringed at.Anyways I wanted to mention that to anyone buying the flywheel. It appears to have worked as intended. Unfortunately I am not ready yet to start the engine so I can't tell you my experience beyond mounting it.I should mention the machining looked good, there are I believe 3 different clutch mounting patterns drilled into the flywheel. I did not measure them to tell you what size the three patterns were all I did was line up my pressure plate and bolted it down, the holes I used were tapped for ⅜-16 thread and all were smooth and burr free. I recommend following bolt torques and using thread locker on the flywheel bolts and the pressure plate bolts. I believe the flywheel is made in China unfortunately I do not have the box in front of me to double-check it but I'm almost positive that is what it said on the box.

I would strongly recommend not going with this product. I was skeptical when I read the one bad review before because I have used Luk flywheels before, thinking that maybe it was a one time thing. However when I went to put it on it wasn't even close to fitting and all the same specifications as the flywheel I got from a local parts store. To make matters worse I ordered it and had to leave on military duty so about thirty days had passed and filed for a refund which was denied due to the number of days from the company. Strongly dissatisfied and wish there was a way I could give this no stars and recommend to take this product off amazon completely

LUK has always been good quality but this made in China flywheel will not even fit. The center hub of this LFW101 flywheel is machined wrong, 0.02" too small to fit on crankshaft. Application fits most GM internally balanced engines from 1962 to 1986, this flywheel should fit L6 or V8 that have a 11 or 12 inch clutch, fitment for a part this common should not have had any issues, quality control is lacking.

Working very good - installed on my 1970 402 with no problems