[s-cars] Clutch Replacement

[Bares, Vittorio]

A side note: From a long time tranny specialist - the transmission
should slide all the way to the block - never mate it by *pulling* it
together with the bolts.

Having had to re-install a transmission, because it had been previously
dropped and the bell housing was slightly unrounded. The FW was just
lightly hitting the bell housing in that spot. Of course, I pulled it
together with the bolts - and of course the starter wouldn't even turn
the motor - lesson learned.

Vittorio -

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Steve Mills
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:02 AM
To: Theodore Chen
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Clutch Replacement

If you change to a 1-piece flywheel, you'll need to be sure that the
pressure plate matches the flywheel. The 7A flywheels move the friction
surface forward by 3/8 of an inch, and take a different style (and
thicker)
PP than the dual mass. Most of the aftermarket flywheels are modeled
after
the 7A, and will have the same issue.

Whatever you get, mock it up against the stock parts before you assemble
anything to ensure that the combo you end up with won't bind on the bell
housing. BTDT (I was one of the victims of the wrong LUK kit) and it is
definitely unfun to have to tear the car back down and re-do the whole
clutch installation.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for that link.  I also saw something in the links Dave sent
(thanks,
> Dave!) about how the stock dual mass flywheels are probably gone by
160k
> miles.  My car has 174k miles and I have no idea what kind of shape
the
> stock dual mass flywheel is in.
>
> If I changed to a lightweight aluminum flywheel, what clutch disc
should I
> use?  It appears something with springs, but what fitment would that
be?  I
> think one of the links said B5 S4 clutch disc works.
>
> I'm not racing this car, and I don't want a grabby clutch.
>
> -Teddy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: airbil <airbil at gmail.com>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 12:31:06 PM
> Subject: [s-cars]  Clutch Replacement
>
>
> new dual mass via
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-S4-S6-1992-93-94-95-LuK-Dual-Mass-Fl
ywheel-DMF038_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem45f0c63d10QQitemZ300392267024QQ
ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
> and
> soutbend clutch DXD  http://www.dxdracingclutches.com/
> end of story
> Northern europeaan can probably do install pretty quick
> Bill~clutchmeister~M
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