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by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 6:43 pm

Hey guys thought I would install the clutch and pressure plate today. Got the clutch disc in and the p. plate on it and aligned everything with the tool. Got ready to tighten it down and noticed the little pads on the pressure plate where the bolts go through don't touch the flywheel. They look as though they should mount flush to the flywheel but there is about an 1/8th in between the pressure plate and the flywheel. Is this correct?

by **jspbtown** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:22 pm

They should touch. Something is hanging up.

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:28 pm

i have went round and round for two hours and everything is seating in, with the clutch disc out it fits in just fine. I have no idea what it could be. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:29 pm

one thing i read in a forum said something about taking a piece off the pressure plate that they use on the fingers for storage and shipping? Any idea if this is true and if so what?

by **freightshaker** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:45 pm

Is the disc facing the correct way????It should be stamped on it flywheel side...

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:48 pm

i have it with the nose facing the front of the car.
I just had an idea....i pulled out the spec sheet from the engine builder, it says it has a lightened flywheel could this be why?

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:50 pm

it is a KEP Stage 1 pp and clutch disc. I am sure it is probably something I am doing but I dont know what.

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 7:57 pm

not stamped but the "idiots guide" says nose on clutch disc should face transaxle. Thats the way I have it. I measured the depth of the flywheel center and the height from the pp pad to the top of the disc with the disc laying on top of pp and the flywheel is 3/16ths to shallow it appears.

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 8:15 pm

is this standard thickness for a clutch disc it is just around 9mm, but are all clutch discs double layer like this?[img][img]http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/matter396/107_0647.jpg[/img][/img]

by **Fred** » 10 Sun May, 2009 8:39 pm

I just looked at cip1.com Entered KEPCLUTCH in the search box and there was all kinds of info about which disks fit which PP and wether or not to use throwout collar depending on year. hope that helps Fred

by **matter396** » 10 Sun May, 2009 9:35 pm

looked at it and I have the exact setup they recommend. kep pp and kushloc disc. Thanks for the site though

by **jspbtown** » 11 Mon May, 2009 8:12 am

Can you close the gap by tightening the bolts? The fingers will have a tendency to lift the plate off the disc.

Criss cross pattern of tightening.

by **matter396** » 11 Mon May, 2009 11:18 am

cannot close the gap. Measured everything again and the flywheel is not deep enough. Is this a clutch problem or a flywheel issue?

by **jspbtown** » 11 Mon May, 2009 11:47 am

Double layer is correct. Thats how they apply the friction to both the plate and the flywheel.

If the plate lays flush when you don't use the disc then something is hanging up.

Maybe a pic of the assembly installed?

by **matter396** » 11 Mon May, 2009 6:13 pm

Tried again today and tightened it to the recommended 25ft lbs, and it closed right up. I guess I just didn't realize there was that much load on the clutch.

Thanks for the ideas guys.

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