Suzuki Flywheel, Matched Before It Ships

Suzuki fields three quite different automatics locally — a conventional torque-converter automatic, a CVT, and the AMT automated manual used on the budget cars. The AMT is a manual gearbox with an actuator bolted to it, so its parts have nothing in common with either of the others despite all three being sold as "auto". Getting that wrong is the most expensive mistake on this page. In practice the decision in front of you is whether a repair, a reconditioned unit or a good used gearbox represents the best value on a car of this age.

Whether the car is manual, AMT, CVT or a conventional automatic, plus which engine sits in front of it. With that we can usually confirm the right part quickly, and we'll tell you whether we're quoting new, aftermarket or good used rather than leaving you to guess.

A solid one-piece flywheel can normally be skimmed, provided enough material remains to stay within the minimum thickness and the step for the clutch cover is corrected at the same time. A dual-mass unit is a different animal and should not be machined, since the damping springs and bearing inside it are what wear out and no amount of surfacing fixes those.

A dual-mass unit has two plates that rotate against each other, so you can feel a small amount of controlled movement between them by hand, and it is noticeably heavier. Solid units are one casting with no relative movement. Since it varies by engine and gearbox rather than by model badge, send the VIN through the quote form and we will confirm which version your car takes.

No. Plenty come out perfectly serviceable and go back in after a light clean-up. The reason it gets replaced during a clutch job is purely access, because doing it later means dropping the gearbox a second time for the same labour.

Repeated cranking on a weak battery, where the starter pinion grinds against a slowly turning flywheel instead of engaging cleanly. A worn starter with a lazy solenoid does the same thing. Fix the starting fault as well, otherwise the fresh teeth get eaten the same way.

It is, provided you inspect it properly. Look for an even friction surface without deep grooves or hard blue patches, check that every tooth on the ring gear is square, and confirm the spigot bearing bore is not scored. Use the quote form with your model year and engine code so we quote the right pattern.