October 2021

know? If I went to a show today, I can guarantee someone would come in and make that same comment, they’d ask me why they are there and why we need them!” So, what’s the answer “What mechanics need to think about are the objectives that drive the vehicle manufacturers, which are cost, fuel economy and emissions. Cost because they need to be profitable, fuel economy because that’s what their customers need and emissions because they have a legal obligation. B eing single can be fun, but it can have its disadvantages, especially if you are a flywheel within the clutch of a modern engine, where the strain can get to be too much. We say “too” but we mean “two” as in dual, as in dual-mass flywheels (DMF), as opposed to traditional single-mass flywheels. Are you following us so far? Well, this is the message that Lez Crossley, a Schaeffler REPXPERT with a laser focus on LuK clutch products has 56 AFTERMARKET OCTOBER 2021 DAY IN THE LIFE www.aftermarketonline.net WHEEL WITHIN A FLYWHEEL Aftermarket gets down to the specifics of the day-to-day for one of Schaeffler’s REPXPERTS, who specialises in LuK Clutches been getting over for the last eight years. However, despite delivering training to technicians across the UK every day, it’s a message that still needs to be put out there. Lez said: “Although the DMF has been in production for over 35 years, it’s still a mystery to a lot of mechanics to be fair. I’ve been with Schaeffler since 2007, and I have done all the shows, like Mechanex, over that period, and I remember at one of the first ones, someone said ‘What’s up with DMFs? Why do we have them? What’s wrong with a solid flywheel?’ And do you