To Those who have done or are considering a Subaru Conversion in Their Vanagon & decide to use the SmallCar Performance Route (as I would again if I were to do it again) ~ As Has Been Mentioned before By Ben @ http://www.benplace.com/bjp3.htm & I Unfortunately Forgot ~ DO NOT USE an LUK Clutch Disc in a SmallCar BellHousing ~ Disaster Happens ~ 6Mo old Metal Slave/Release Bearing from VW Dealer + Brand Spankin New Luk Clutch Disc resulted in both being Destroyed ~ It took about 2.5Min's of Eng run for the Disc Snout to LockUp/Cease inside the Slave ~ I had to remove the Pressure Plate bolts through the slot in the bottom of the BellHous' in order to get the the Trany Down & then Dismantle the Disc with an Angle Grinder in order to get the Disc off the Trany ~ ORR ~ DeanB & By the way ~ Reason for the Clutch Work was due to having the EJ25 Out for Replace by Rebuild @ 75K Mi's Due to a Gates TimingBelt Coming Apart @ 50K Mi's ~ Not been Good here for the past 6 Weeks ~ |
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