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Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

August 02, 2021, 09:18:46 PM

I've a new clutch / pressure plate bought, so not looking to reuse the ones pictured below... the fly wheel's (hopefully) going back on.

You're seeing them just after removal (came off really easily) and haven't cleaned anything.

I think they're the originals and the car's done 75K, but been immobile for 10+ years, drove fine for the short time it was used before laying up.

Apologies for the dodgy photo's - joys of working alone, but if possible can anyone give an opinion as to condition?

Don't know much about the cars previous history and curious if they can maybe give away anything.

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #1 – August 02, 2021, 10:23:37 PM

The flywheel looks fine. The clutch plate is not excessively worn and does not appear to have had a hard life. All parts seem to confirm the cars mileage.
scs

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #2 – August 03, 2021, 10:20:44 AM

Great, thanks... Good news then, I'm pretty confident the car's genuine and virtually 100% original but with not much in the way of written history for a big chunk of it's life it's never going to be certain.

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #3 – August 03, 2021, 10:26:05 AM

Agree with SCS, right on the money there.
That clutch is almost certainly original too - nearly all clutches are grooved now.

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #4 – August 03, 2021, 10:31:51 AM

Famous last words, but everything's coming off this car with little or no effort.

Read your comments about the exhaust manifold nuts (and other peoples too) yet mine didn't fight me at all, and I took them off when the engine was still in the car.

Do you think it all being original is something to do with it... still proper factory torques etc. that haven't been worked with over the years?

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #5 – August 03, 2021, 11:12:31 AM

I think it's more to do with the low mileage and probably better storage of the car - less heat cycles/wet conditions.
I'm pretty sure mine was original, it certainly doesn't look like it's been touched before.
But it was left outside standing for years, that would not have helped matters.

Certainly sounds like you've got a good one.

Re: Fly Wheel / Clutch / Pressure Plate opinions...

Reply #6 – August 03, 2021, 07:04:22 PM

Flywheel cleaned up pretty well... I know it looks dirty in one of the before pics, but the amount of (clutch plate?) dust that came off it was genuinely surprising, really thickly caked on in all those indents and the entire rim.

Took care and used plenty of brake cleaner to soak it before hand - judging by the number and placement of bores on the face and rim I'm guessing these need to be nigh on perfectly balanced.

Wonder would an uneven build up of enough dirt be able to throw it off?