Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 13:15:21 -0400
Reply-To: Kenneth O'Connor <k_a_oconnor@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Kenneth O'Connor <k_a_oconnor@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Pending clutch replacement
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Hello Roy,
I replaced my clutch a few years ago. I have a little bit of slippage in third gear when I really get on it. I didn't change my flywheel. I now wish I had changed it. I think that this is my issue.
Also, when I did mine, I was concerned about all of the connections to the engine, as well. So, I supported the engine and removed the transmission. I think it was way easier. But, I have a 2WD. It would probably be more complex in a Syncro (not sure what you have).
My $0.02.
Ken
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> On May 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
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> Question 2: Should I plan to replace the flywheel while everything is apart?
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>> On 11-May-2016, at 13:58, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
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>> When I pulled the Hyena (f88 Westy WBX) out of storage last Saturday, I felt what I though might have been a little clutch shudder on the way home. I experienced a shudder twice more this week - first thing in the morning after the Hyena had been sitting all night.
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>> The van has ~@235K on the clock and, as far as I can tell from the records I inherited, the clutch has never been replaced. Ifm guessing the actual clutch replacement is similar to my f66 Westy, but the disconnecting and reconnecting of the enginefs gtethersh is a much more involved.
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>> Given my work schedule over the next month, Ifm going to have to pay to have this done if I plan on being able to take the boy camping this summer - hefs been playing in the Hyena every day since it came home - and that likely wonft be cheap. If Ifm going to shell out a very wince-able amount of cash to have the old, snarly-but-good, local guy swap the clutch, I may as well use the opportunity to upgrade to a clutch that will (should?) last longer.
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>> I looked at an OEM (Sachs) clutch kit last autumn - because it was for sale locally - but it was stamped as made in China (not Germany). I know parts quality coming out of China can be hit or miss, are the Chinese Sachs bits of the same calibre as those made at home (Germany)? I have yet to find a Canadian supplier of the Luks clutch kit {Ifve read there are two Luk clutches - a gregularh one and a gheavier" one intended for syncros?} or a Kennedy replacement clutch.
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>> Are there other candidates I should consider?
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