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Title: clutches Post by: ardiesse on November 08, 2013, 09:45:29 AM A minor head gasket leak in my FC turned into a full engine rebuild, and I decided to replace my clutch.
Easy, I thought. Two weeks later I'm still waiting for an exchange pressure plate. Call For Help: Does anyone in Sydney Metro have a reco pressure plate and driven plate for a grey motor on the shelf? I have lots of old pressure plates, but none good enough to re-use. My engine's complete, I want to put in the car this weekend. I just need a clutch. My local brake and clutch shop is trying to set me up with a 220 mm dia clutch (179 EH - HK) instead of the original 200 mm unit. I'm not keen on this. Way back when, long ago, I fitted an X2 motor to my EK with standard crashbox, and the HR pressure plate lightly machined out the inside of the bellhousing. Thanks (in advance), Rob Title: Re: clutches Post by: colt on November 09, 2013, 04:57:28 PM I'm running a 220mm clutch in my FE and FJ. Both with greys and original gearboxes. Maybe I was just lucky, but I had no problems with either. I don't know that you can get the 200mm clutch. When looking for my FJ earlier this year I could only get the larger one. I got mine from Hotbitz in Blacktown.
Colin. Title: Re: clutches Post by: ardiesse on November 11, 2013, 10:14:34 AM Colin,
That's interesting. Maybe the red motor flywheel is just that little bit thicker than the grey motor's, but given that the EJ and EH 149 gearboxes are identical, I'd doubt it. I also hear Frank Tedesco replaces grey motor clutches with the 220 mm versions too. In my case with the X2 motor, it could just have been part-to-part variations. Anyway, it's all sorted. Western Clutch at St Marys had a pressure plate. But I noticed that Clutch Industries (formerly PBR) has gone all metric. A 200 mm driven plate is really 200.0 mm, not 203.2. The driven plate lining doesn't come to the outside edge of the pressure plate face like they used to. Rob |