clutches

[ardiesse]

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

[colt]

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.

[ardiesse]

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