02a flywheel, has this been lightened?

took the box off my engine today, as part of the engine swap i removed the flywheel and was planning to get it lightened

i'm not sure if it's already been done as i was expecting it to look similar to the bulky G60 flywheel that was shown being lightened in the august issue of the golf mag, this one seems to be about half way between the std one in the mag and the lightened end result

heres some pics:







is this mormal for a 16v 02A flywheel and it's only the G60 one thats bulkier to start with?

any idea how much a std one should weigh?

cheers

steve

 

Thats a lot different to both my 02A glywheels - they normally have a huge bulge on the back of them, where yours is flat.

 

Yup its been done by the looks of it. Loads off.

 

YES that has been lighten it looks the same as mine,mine does look a little thinner though but mine is fitted to a 20v turbo

 

cheers for the reply's, thats saved me a bit of cash then

can the old bolts be reused on the new engine or are they stretch bolts that need replacing?

 

they're stretch bolts, you'll need to replace them. Sachs clutch kits come with a set.

 

Defintely replace the bolts - no question. They cause havoc if they come off.

Have you weighed it at all Steve?

Chris

 

will change the bolts and get the flywheel on the scales before it goes back on the car.

 

using a set of highly accurate boots bathroom scales i weighed the flywheel today, came in at 'about' 8.5 Kgs

Also turns out its a passat flywheel that takes a 215mm clutch.

 

Hmmm, read the clutch post also.

Passat flywheels....

My guess is that it is lighter - around 6kg is my estimate (from limited experience of 02A flywheels) with the amount of metal that has disappeared. I believe they're around 8.5kg standard - 228mm items that is, though.

No matter - someone's had a good go at taking weight off it.

Don't suppose you have the part no from it do you? - I can't quite read from the photo.

Cheers,
Chris

 

Can fo lower than that too. Theres plenty of meat still to come off if you wanted to go lighter

 

Hi chris, I put the flywheel back on the car before taking the part number and now it cant be read, [:^(]

ETKA lists 2 part numbers for the 215mm flywheel if thats any help:

068 105 269 F and #068 105 269 FX

Mart, maybe i'll have some more taken off when the box get re-built , do you do flywheels as well?