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  1. c4b4the04

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    Good afternoon all, I could really use some help.

    Watching Jamie's clutch issue spurred me to re- check my own assembly as I am still mid-build at the moment. Some of you may be following my repair to an 88 car that lost a tooth off first gear in February. This has mostly been on me in a very small garage.

    Here's the question:
    New clutch kit from Eurospares, flywheel was stripped to bare plate (no studs) and trued on a flywheel grinder (not a lathe)

    I currently do not have ANY spacers in the clutch. Here is what I see from the manual:

    B= A+X+C+D
    X= B-(A+C+D)

    So here are my numbers
    A (Ring thickness- this is my original spacer ring) 15.79mm
    B (plate package thickness) 26.55
    C (distance from pressure plate surface to mounting surface) 6.86
    D (book defines preload value, expressed as 3,5 division sign 3,8: I interpret that to mean 3.65 as the middle)

    With those numbers:
    X=26.55- (15.79+6.86+3.65)
    That would give me X= .25

    B= A+X+C+D would then give me

    26.55 = (15.80+.25+6.86+3.65), or 26.55=26.56

    So my initial assembly, I did not need any spacers. This was my math a month ago. Is this not right? I would need a .25mm spacer, but that is insanely small, .009 of an inch? The first time you drive the car you are likely to burn more than that off of the clutch discs.

    Really could use some advice here. I really didn't think it needed any spacers, using that logic from the book. I will post an image below from my phone with the manual procedure and the clutch currently. I could sure use some help on this step. Thank you gentlemen...

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  2. c4b4the04

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    Current clutch config and the WSM procedure
     

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  3. PA32Pilot

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    Have you mounted it and treid rotating it like Turbo-Joe had me doing last night?

    I have been chasing thousandths of an inch on this car for a month and I can say yes it does matter. I used a .010 thinner spacer (just so happen to have washers in my airplane nuts and bolts pile that fit!) and this is the difference in pressure.

    Before:


    After:
     
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  4. turbo-joe

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    when you measure that you need no spacers than the clutch discs are down or the intermediate ring is too thin, so worn out
     
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    I used feeler gauges to set spacing and do the turn test. You will start to see a slight increase or decrease in rotating friction. Make sure your initial measuring is done with no spacers.
     
  6. c4b4the04

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    I'm so glad to hear from you both on this topic..... but I have to understand. What is worn out? The clutch discs are brand new and so is the pressure plate. What would be worn out?

    I'll go watch those videos. I get chasing thousandths in a diff, not in a clutch that will wear the very first time you let it out....sigh....thought I had this one finished up.

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    This is what it looks like currently, really looking forward to your thoughts.
     
  8. Veedub00

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    I thought spacers were for the pressure plate to be seated at the right amount of preload.
     
  9. c4b4the04

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    The clutch kit came with 6 washers, I assumed they were for the outside of the pressure plate. Is that not the case? I guess that would make sense why they were ziptied to the spring steel arms. Fortunately I haven't started anything up and the cradle is still out of the car.
     
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    This looks close to what mine is. Remember I put the spacers on wrong for 3 of them.
     
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    Jamie do you have 5 minutes for a phone call?
     
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    In a depo right now, can I call ya when I'm done? Shoot me a text
     
  13. pshoejberg

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    The spacer are there to prolong the lifespan of the clutch plates. When the plates wear down the spacers can be removed. No need for for tenth of millimetres thinking here. And the spacers are needed when the components are new and can be removed when the components are half worn down. See snip from 512 bb workshop manual below. I assume the Testarossa equals this principle?

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    my 6 spacers are about twice as thick as a regular washer.
     
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    you may tighten the intermediate plate with 3 8 mm nuts and put some washers under, the thread of the bolt is not long enough
    just now you not did this and even the disc turns not free. so I think when you tight the intermediate disc that then you cannot turn the clutch disc anymore

    not only. they are also for the free turn of the front clutch disc important
     
  16. c4b4the04

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    Great talking with Jamie verified that I have the parts in the right order. My problem seems to be the intermediate plate doesn’t stay snapped onto the 3 studs like the old one did. I get now where the washers need to go. If the clutch kit came with the washers, can I assume they are the right size?


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    good question, today I only can say: don´t trust anything and double check all when you get some new things
     
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    there's very tiny circlips on the intermediate plate. under the spring holes
     
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    press them in until they click into place.
     
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    Mine don't click on like the old intermediate plate did...I see what you are saying, they just don't stay on that way. As soon as you put the second clutch disc on and the pressure plate, then they look normal. I am not sure why these clips don't stay like the old one did, I didn't damage those screw in studs in any way.

    I redid my math, so instead of D = a range of 3,5 to 3,8, I divided as per the book, and got the number . .921

    Then, when I do the math, says the shims should be 2.98. My shims that shipped with the clutch are 2.37, so I am off .61mm. Do I need to go cut some .61mm thicker spacers or do you let that fly? I just can't envision that small amount making a difference on a clutch binding, when the system wears down you are supposed to remove the spacers entirely.

    I am really stumped. Going back to doing cam timing...you know, the easy stuff... geesh.

    Thanks for any input on the shim size.
     
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    yes, if you have the right thickness
     
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    So the car is back together now and the clutch is not disengaging fully. Bled the clutch several times but you can hear an audible ‘click’ when you push the clutch in.

    When I was installing the intermediate plate (spacers on correct side) the ‘retainer clips’ just slip over my studs and don’t stay on. I think the issue is the intermediate plate is releasing the front disc and then binding up the rear one. Strange indeed.

    Anyone heard of this? I’ll try to get a video of it but the intermediate plate just seems to move too far back when the clutch is in


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