[Shotimes] Clutch Changeout

[Ian Fisher]

It sounds like your rear main crank seal might be
leaking. Oh well, next time.

So the Fidanza insert fits one of the SHOshop
flywheels? It just has a different bolt pattern?

Ian

--- Bob <bob@hotpursuit.net> wrote:

> The clutch changeout on the 89 went pretty well
> today.  Hopefully, I did it
> correctly and it will last awhile.  I took out a
> HDPP with bent fingers and
> a partly worn Fibertuff disc and put in a SPEC Stage
> 3 PP and ceramic
> clutch.  The HDPP and the SPEC PP were identical
> Valeo units.  The SHO Shop
> flywheel insert looked fine and still had a
> machining pattern on it, so I
> just roughed it up a little with some sandpaper. 
> The Fidanza insert I
> bought was the same size as the SHO Shop insert, but
> had a slightly
> different bolt pattern.  I also left the ceramic TOB
> in place since I didn't
> see anything wrong there.  It took four hours to
> complete using a two post
> lift and another set of hands when I dropped the
> subframe.  One thing that I
> almost screwed up was a sensor on the top of the
> trans; it wanted to hit the
> unibody when I dropped the trans down and when I was
> putting it back up.
> 
> There was a small oil leak, that I was unable to
> identify the source of.
> The inside of the bell housing was oily, but the
> flywheel and PP were
> completely dry.  I think that would make it a
> transmission seal.  The fluid
> did not appear to be red however.  Perhaps the
> clutch dust had turned it
> brown.
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