Flywheel Removal/Installation

I've been reading over how to change the flywheel on our cars and have a few questions.

Firstly, I bought a brand new flywheel from advance auto, it has a warning on the packaging which has me a bit confused. It says: "This flywheel will only mount to the crankshaft in one position. It must be properly orientated to the correct position." Is this true? I haven't seen anything in the service manual which would indicate that the flywheel can only be installed one way...

Secondly, the service manual lists a small SST which is used to prevent the flywheel from turning when you're removing/installing it (the number is 49 E011 1A0, see page 05-10-12). It bolts to the block and holds onto one of the ring gear teeth. My question is, should I purchase this tool? Or do you guys have another relatively safe way to do this?

Finally, when it comes to installing the pilot bearing in the flywheel, the service manual has another SST (49 F028 202). I was wondering if I'd be ok using a wooden dowel, or should I seek out this SST?
 
well the one position thing i think is refering to having the contact point to the clutch facing the motor.

you can more or less hold it up your self the first bolt will be the hardest after that its just more or less lining everything up.

and yes a wooden dowel would work.
 
well the one position thing i think is refering to having the contact point to the clutch facing the motor.

I hope that's the case ... then again, I don't see how someone could be dumb enough to install it with the pressure plate alignment dowels facing the motor.

i just use a breaker bar to keep the flywheel from spinning when i TQ them down to spec.

How? I've seen some people jam a bar between the ground and a tooth of the ring gear but that seems like it wouldn't work too well. If that's the case, I'll do it but I was curious if you guys had any tricks up your sleeves :)
 
How does this look?

Front (clutch disk side):
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Back (crankshaft side)
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The service manual says that the "Bearing installation depth" should be 0 to 0.4mm (page 05-10-13). I'm pretty sure I'm within that measurement on the clutch disk side, but as you can see, the bearing pokes out on the crankshaft side by about 2mm.

I wish I could be installing this right now, but it's so damn hot and humid out :(
 
That's fine. The bearing doesn't really "rest" into the flywheel until it's on and the crank itself keeps it in place. You'll see what I mean.
 
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