clutch install is there anything i need to know

cog · Jan 19, 2009

ive heard this is a big job so im not tackling it myself but giving it to my local garage but im fitting the southbend stage 3 and wondered if there's any tips on fitting these or should a average garage be able to fit these kits without any trouble, just ive been modifying cars for a while and very little is ever straight forward for me

Lex4TDI4Life · Jan 20, 2009

make sure your flywheel has the timing mark stamped into it.

Deevo_3000 · Jan 20, 2009

If you you're replacing the rear main seal, read up on it and be careful. Or just don't replace it in the first place...

cog · Jan 20, 2009

the clutch im using is the southbend stage 3 which arrived this morning i'll check the flywheel but it looks like a quality kit and im sure it will have a flywheel mark as for the rear main oil seal no ithink i'll tackle that with a if it aint broke dont fix kinda attitude

Benjamin · Jan 20, 2009

Deevo_3000 said:
If you you're replacing the rear main seal, read up on it and be careful. Or just don't replace it in the first place...

Yeah, don't want to remember that one.....

Farfromovin · Jan 20, 2009

Cool, I was going to recommend that you only do it once. It looks like you've picked a proper clutch for that job then. Enjoy.

cog · Jan 20, 2009

oh yes it arrived this morning looks a very quality peice of kit maybe im just refering to the nice packaging and the shiny red clutch cover

but i did look at the disc plate and you can cleary see the difference in the materail over stock just hope the 17lb flywheel that came with it is quiet enough i tried to pull up some searches on people who have used the sbc flywheel in the kits but didnt find any info, most poeple have either stock 21lb or really light 14lb ones but im sure it will be fine , just now i have this clutch seems a shame to waste the potential and the descion to stay with stock turbo might have changed

mojogoes · Jan 20, 2009

Hi m8..............make sure that you also use new bolts when replacing the flywheel with the new unit......were some supplied with the new flywheel/kit etc.

Deevo_3000 · Jan 20, 2009

Benjamin said:
Yeah, don't want to remember that one.....

Make sure they didn't drill out the flywheel upside down too lol...

Fix_Until_Broke · Jan 20, 2009

Make sure that even if the flywheel has a timing mark on it that you can see it when it's installed. Mine has a timing mark on it, but you can't see it when it's installed in the car so it causes a lot of extra work when doing any kind of timing work (belt, injection pump, cam, etc).

Transfer the mark all the way to the outer edges of the flywheel so you're sure that you can see it when it's installed.

cog · Jan 20, 2009

cheers everybody very helpfull and yes steve it came with new bolts
fingers crossed all goes well now

DSLFAN · Jan 20, 2009

Let us know how you like it!

cog · Jan 21, 2009

i will let you know how it feels
as for the previous question my sbc flywheel has no timing marks on it or is that normal as most flywheels are obviously machined first

PDJetta · Jan 21, 2009

cog said:
the clutch im using is the southbend stage 3 which arrived this morning i'll check the flywheel but it looks like a quality kit and im sure it will have a flywheel mark as for the rear main oil seal no ithink i'll tackle that with a if it aint broke dont fix kinda attitude

If its marked, place the old flywheel on the new one, on a bench, and make sure the timing marks are in the same place!

--Nate

cog · Jan 21, 2009

i thought that me the way you had to do it gotcha

hevster1 · Jan 21, 2009

Add a shift fork. Sometimes they bend.

cog · Jan 21, 2009

these sbc kits are just straight swaps arnt they ive been quoted 180 uk pounds for labour on replacing the clutch i know this is cheap as he always does me a little cheaper but is there anything a ordinary back street garage would strugle with putting this kit in or is it just the time it takes, just over here on the uk forums one guy is getting charged 1100 uk pounds to get his clutch fitted it is by a tuner which would charge more but even so it sounds excesive is there something im not considering

BioChoppers · Jan 21, 2009

hevster1 said:
Add a shift fork. Sometimes they bend.

Most definitely good advise.

cog said:
as for the previous question my sbc flywheel has no timing marks on it or is that normal as most flywheels are obviously machined first

The 17lb FW south bend uses are made in China... believe it, or not...

cog · Jan 21, 2009

The 17lb FW south bend uses are made in China... believe it, or not...

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er..thanks thats really helpful
i prefer or not...
i dont really care if its made in timbooktwo aslong as it can do the job with minimum rattle thats all
im confident that sbc,s gear is tried and tested and of high quality just wanted some advice on fitting especially the timming marks as i wont be able to copy the timing marks on a flat bench with my old one as its the dual mass 220mm not 228 so it wont exactly line up

jasonTDI · Feb 13, 2009

Where did you get the China info? What's the motive behind this statement?

As cog stated.....

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 18, 2009

I think we know.

cog · Feb 18, 2009

IndigoBlueWagon said:
I think we know.

indeed we do

BioChoppers · Feb 18, 2009

jasonTDI said:
Where did you get the China info? What's the motive behind this statement?

I called South Bend & asked them about it.

My motive was to point out that many of the cast FW's without timing marks are frustrating & this is usually a tall tale sign they are made in China as well...

jasonTDI · Feb 19, 2009

ahhhhh..

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