On a 1996 Dodge Dakota, Manual 5 speed.

If replacing the flywheel, is there a specific installation process for a flywheel, or do the bolts for the flywheel only mate up to the crankshaft in one way?

my concern is about flywheel orientation in reference to what points at the Crankshaft position sensor if the flywheel is installed one way or an alternate way IF possible.

I have looked all through my FSM for a 96 and cannot find one comment about installing a flywheel. Internet searching is also not having much luck.

 

flywheel to crank bolt patter has an offset to it so flywheel will only bolt on in one position, relative to the crank.
you do not make mention of what engine. What ever you do make sure that you do not put a 6 cyl flywheel onto a V8 or vise versa. It will bolt up yeah/ but without the right number of notches in the flywheel to correspond to the engine you will wonder why it won't start and run once put back together!

 

Thanks for the feedback. I was pretty sure I remembered trying all combinations when I installed it, and that only one would work. What I ordered was for a v6 and clearly compared the two and found teh old vs new to be indentical notch lay out wise.


Having problems getting it to run right, (does not want to rev and light backfire) Just do not remember having this issue prior to pulling the transmission and replacing flywheel along with clutch. Was wondering if FLywheel may have in any way played into this.


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