Multiplate Flywheels and Abell Drive Pictures

[Tom Wesenberg]

Here are the first and second types of multiplate flywheels. You can see how the 2nd type is cut back for the new starter drive clearance. Also pictured is the multiplate clutch pack and the original Abell starter drive.

That rolled lip to the left of the starter ring in the first picture appears to be a 1929 wheel rim, and is not part of the flywheel.

[RockHillWill]

Hey, Tom

Thanks for the quick reply to picture request. It has made it clearer for me and it makes more sense regarding the change in starters as well.

Thanks again.

[BrianBurkert]

Cool. Thanks for the photos.

[Tom Wesenberg]

BTW, as bad as that rusty 2nd style flywheel looked, here's two more pictures of it to show the splines before and after sandblasting. At first it looked like the typical worn out spines with notches, but I ran the tip of my key up and down a few of them and couldn't feel a thing. After sandblasting, it looks NOS. I can't even see any wear marks where the clutch plates touched it.

[RockHillWill]

Wow, you did a great job cleaning that flywheel. Did you do it in a blast cabinet, or send it out?

Congrates on owning such a nice piece. Thanks for posting the pictures.

[Tom Wesenberg]

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Thanks Will. It took me three years to finally find a good flywheel. I had one before this one, but it seems to have walked away. I do all my own blasting with Black Diamond from Menards. It's just a ground up coal slag. A few years ago the local power company switched from coal to natural gas, so naturally the price of the Black Diamond doubled. The factory is just east of St Paul, MN and the last time I drove by they still had a big mountain of coal slag.

Black Diamond is cleaner and works better than silica sand.

[pooch]

This is what happens when a bolt is put in the inside end of spring and it hits flywheel.



Instead of this correct slotted headless bolt.

[Fred]

That is why the spring is made different than the others & takes the headless screw..You put a bolt in it & it will snap every time.. I just bought one the guy did the same thing with..

[supergnat]

Thanks for posting the photos Tom. They helped me identify my spare flywheel as the original version.

[Fred]

Does any one know if the BOLT on type Multi Disc F/W was a Ford item or after market ?? I can find nothing about Ford ever using one ??

[Rowdy]

I suspect it was an aftermarket repair item that required machining out the center to fit. I posted pic's of the one I seen on the old Fordbarn. I checked earlier today to see if I could find the place on the net I used to host the pic's and could not find them. I will try to do a more thurough search on one of my days off this week. Rod

[Tom Wesenberg]

Bringing this thread back up due to a recent post about multiplate flywheels.

See my pictures in #4. They aren't always as bad as they first look.

[2manycars]

I have the tool to service and asssemble the clutch pack.

[Ron in Quincy]

The headless screw is part of the DR Starter Drive that came out by Ford to replace the Able Starter Drive. It is covered in the Service Bulletins, also note the special spring used with the DR Starter Drive, a smaller diameter.

Ron

[Pinesdune]

Thanks for posting the pics Tom, it's great when guys have pics to compare to or refference(like myself ). Do you know if anyone sells new replacement springs/parts for the 1/2" bendix starter drive/starters? Or is it off to the wrecking yard in search of spares?

[Tom Wesenberg]

1/2" service drive parts are somewhat hard to find. The best chance is Hershey and the Nation Model A meets. You could try Bert's 800-321-1931, or Little Dearborn in MPLS. 612-331-2066