I did a clutch and AATransaxle rebuilt transmission replacement in the fall
to one of our '81 air cooled Vanagons, and we had  the flywheel  resurfaced
at a NAPA Auto Parts machine shop here in Atlanta---cost was $28.00 with a
three hour turn-around time.  I wondered about grinding metal away and
needing a new flywheel sooner than later, but a clutch lasts a few years,
and the flywheels are about $160.00 new on the Bargain Page at Bus
Depot......  I think of flywheels like wheel brake drums, which need
grinding to true them up when doing new shoes, so the shoes do not
prematurely wear out or fail  to do their assigned task.

Michael Nichols,  Atlanta, Ga.
2-'81 air cooleds
1973 beetle