aluminum flywheel troubles

IH8DSM · 01-20-2011, 08:07 PM

So i'm trying to install this aluminum flywheel on my car, trying being the keyword. I've got the rear counter weight on there correctly and the clutch fits but when i go to put the pressure plate on its got almost a half inch gap between the flywheel and the pressure plate. The flywheel is completely flat with no dowels in it, the clutch is recessed into the flywheels so its the pressure plate that is making it raised.

So heres my question do i need to use a aftermarket pressure plate, spacers and longer bolts or what? I've never installed a light weight flywheel on a rotary before and from everything I saw I thought it just bolted up and was good to go. I have no idea what kind of flywheel it is either.

Any help at this point would be appreciated

FC Zach · 01-20-2011, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by IH8DSM

So i'm trying to install this aluminum flywheel on my car, trying being the keyword. I've got the rear counter weight on there correctly and the clutch fits but when i go to put the pressure plate on its got almost a half inch gap between the flywheel and the pressure plate. The flywheel is completely flat with no dowels in it, the clutch is recessed into the flywheels so its the pressure plate that is making it raised.

So heres my question do i need to use a aftermarket pressure plate, spacers and longer bolts or what? I've never installed a light weight flywheel on a rotary before and from everything I saw I thought it just bolted up and was good to go. I have no idea what kind of flywheel it is either.

Any help at this point would be appreciated

The prressuer plate should work on the flywheel if it is designed for the RX but if it's unknown of the flywheel compatibility to the RX then I'ld say your shootin in the dark.

IH8DSM · 01-20-2011, 09:28 PM

I think i figured it out, I believe its a centerforce clutch, which is suppose to come with spacers and longer bolts which would make it work so i guess i need to figure out. if a aftermarket one will work with it without the spacers or not and go from there. Can't seem to find the spacers for sale any where, who knows might just do a rb one and put it on the old visa

FC Zach · 01-20-2011, 09:31 PM

The outermost portion of the clutch disc should be facing the pressure plate and it should also be mentioned that if there is a gap after tightening the pressure plate bolts

IH8DSM · 01-20-2011, 09:37 PM

yep everything was in there right just a huge gap

FC Zach · 01-20-2011, 09:43 PM

IH8DSM · 01-20-2011, 10:02 PM

tellin ya man i need the spacers haha its on the centerforce website

http://www.centerforce.com/mediafiles/I92MA001.pdf

RETed · 01-21-2011, 03:06 AM

I run a Centerforce Dual-Friction on my '87 Turbo, and I did not need any spacers.

Are you, by chance, trying to install a non-turbo clutch onto a turbo flywheel?

Turbo flywheel is flat.
Non-turbo flywheel has raised pedestals.

You cannot swap clutches between the two...

-Ted

2gslse · 01-21-2011, 04:06 AM

If the clutch is installed right the raised side will be in the pressure plate not the flywheel and the pressure plate will sit off of the flywheel a bit until the bolts are tightened up(so the clutch is clamped down). Can you take a few pics of what you have to verify it is right? before tightening the pressure plate, you must use the line-up shaft that came with the clutch to center it with the pilot bearing. I have never seen any spacers on a clutch or pressure plate.

IH8DSM · 01-21-2011, 06:40 AM

Yea Ted it's a non turbo the clutch fits in there fine and the bolt holes line up with my Na pressure plate, its because I'm trying to use a stock pressure plate. I'll take pics tonight but I think this one does use the spacers

RETed · 01-21-2011, 08:23 AM

Okay, let me see if I got this right...

You're trying to use:
1) a non-turbo pressure plate
2) a non-turbo clutch disc
3) a turbo (aftermarket) aluminum flywheel

Is that combo correct?

-Ted

djmtsu · 01-21-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by IH8DSM

Yea Ted it's a non turbo

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Originally Posted by RETed

Okay, let me see if I got this right...

You're trying to use:
1) a non-turbo pressure plate
2) a non-turbo clutch disc
3) a turbo (aftermarket) aluminum flywheel

Is that combo correct?

-Ted

Lol.

IH8DSM · 01-21-2011, 12:58 PM

Haha or I'm usin non turbo everything

Just measured stock flywheel vs aftermarket and were same size so again not a turbo flywheel ordering aftermarket pressure plate tommorow

01-20-2011, 08:07 PM	#1
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	aluminum flywheel troubles So i'm trying to install this aluminum flywheel on my car, trying being the keyword. I've got the rear counter weight on there correctly and the clutch fits but when i go to put the pressure plate on its got almost a half inch gap between the flywheel and the pressure plate. The flywheel is completely flat with no dowels in it, the clutch is recessed into the flywheels so its the pressure plate that is making it raised. So heres my question do i need to use a aftermarket pressure plate, spacers and longer bolts or what? I've never installed a light weight flywheel on a rotary before and from everything I saw I thought it just bolted up and was good to go. I have no idea what kind of flywheel it is either. Any help at this point would be appreciated __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run

01-20-2011, 09:28 PM	#3
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	I think i figured it out, I believe its a centerforce clutch, which is suppose to come with spacers and longer bolts which would make it work so i guess i need to figure out. if a aftermarket one will work with it without the spacers or not and go from there. Can't seem to find the spacers for sale any where, who knows might just do a rb one and put it on the old visa __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run

01-20-2011, 09:31 PM	#4
FC Zach RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eagleville, TN Posts: 2,267 Rep Power: 20	The outermost portion of the clutch disc should be facing the pressure plate and it should also be mentioned that if there is a gap after tightening the pressure plate bolts __________________ 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 1992 Celica Turbo AllTrac 1987 RX7 Sport 1979 Yamaha G1, KM24 powered 1975 Dolmar KMS4

01-20-2011, 09:37 PM	#5
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	yep everything was in there right just a huge gap __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run

01-20-2011, 09:43 PM	#6
FC Zach RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eagleville, TN Posts: 2,267 Rep Power: 20	__________________ 1993 Yamaha GTS1000 1992 Celica Turbo AllTrac 1987 RX7 Sport 1979 Yamaha G1, KM24 powered 1975 Dolmar KMS4

01-20-2011, 10:02 PM	#7
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	tellin ya man i need the spacers haha its on the centerforce website http://www.centerforce.com/mediafiles/I92MA001.pdf __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run

01-21-2011, 04:06 AM	#9
2gslse Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: front royal va Posts: 440 Rep Power: 18	If the clutch is installed right the raised side will be in the pressure plate not the flywheel and the pressure plate will sit off of the flywheel a bit until the bolts are tightened up(so the clutch is clamped down). Can you take a few pics of what you have to verify it is right? before tightening the pressure plate, you must use the line-up shaft that came with the clutch to center it with the pilot bearing. I have never seen any spacers on a clutch or pressure plate. __________________ ____________________________________________ 1976 Cosmo needing lots of work 1993 Rx-7 410 RWHP single turbo toy 1985 Rx-7 toy/project car 411HP stoplight terror 2001 Dodge ram 4wd.parts hauler 2016 Ram 2500 cause its a hemi 2006 VW TDI commuter __________________________________________ I guarantee there's a pregnant redneck teenager somewhere in a shitty trailer park that thinks "Ebola would be a lovely name for their child"...

01-21-2011, 06:40 AM	#10
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	Yea Ted it's a non turbo the clutch fits in there fine and the bolt holes line up with my Na pressure plate, its because I'm trying to use a stock pressure plate. I'll take pics tonight but I think this one does use the spacers __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run

01-21-2011, 12:58 PM	#13
IH8DSM RCC Contributor Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 610 Rep Power: 18	Haha or I'm usin non turbo everything Just measured stock flywheel vs aftermarket and were same size so again not a turbo flywheel ordering aftermarket pressure plate tommorow __________________ 85 rx7 gsl-se - AA tags/ never ending project will never run Last edited by IH8DSM; 01-21-2011 at 01:15 PM.