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To: Per Schoerner <healeyguy@bredband.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Clutch/Release/Pressure Plate Questions <mailto:healeys-request@autox.team.net?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:healeys-request@autox.team.net?subject=subscribe>
From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:31:32 +0800
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If the dowels line up to your clutch cover, then the flywheel is
correct.  Otherwise there is no material difference.  Even if the
dowels don't match, alot of the times, you can reposition them at a
machine shop because the bolt patterns are the same.

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Per Schoerner <healeyguy@bredband.net> wrote:
> Jonas
> I think the clutch you have fits only to the flywheel you have, so it would
> then be from a BJ8. The various clutch assemblies have different bolt
> patterns, so won't fit any other flywheel.
> For example, when I had my transmission (MkII, tri carb) apart I replaced
> the clutch with a BJ8 clutch, as I happened to have a BJ8 flywheel lying
> around. This is much better than the standard MkII item.
>
> Per in Sweden
>
> Jonas Payne skrev 2012-09-06 22:26:
>
>
>>
>>   That said, I have no idea which flywheel is actually on the car, could
>> be any
>> of the 3 utilized during healey 6 production.
>>
>> I utilized the diaphragm clutch, throwout bearing and clutch disk that are
>> all
>> appropriate to a BJ8 when I rebuilt it, so I didn't mix and match anything
>> there, and of course the pressure plate bolted right up , but the question
>> remains, what if any material difference was there in the flywheels?
>
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