hey there guys after a little bit of advice:

 

we are chucking a 3k in a KE55, sent the flywheel away for resurfacing as the previous clutch was put in backwards damage to springs and flywheel bolts.  was told that the clutch replacement we have is not gonna work.

we purchased a direct match from Exedy and test fitted against flywheel unbolted and there is a large gap between the clutch cover and the flywheel

my questions are

Do i have the wrong clutch or flywheel?

Will this close up ?

Will it effect performance of clutch ?

Can this safely be machined down as the problem seems to be from the 2mm step up

ive attached a few pics of flywheel, clutch plate and the gap between the fly and clutch cover

 

thanks guys any advice would be very much appreciated

Edited January 28, 20251 yr by SlendermanAU

here is the old clutch the way we found it when we took it all apart (not done by us) bought motor stripped clutch

If you have the clutch plate under the pressure plate in that first photo, then yes, that gap will close up. That gap represents the spring pressure in the fingers of the pressure plate.

That was an unfortunate mistake by the guy who put that clutch plate in backwards, and I'm amazed it got that much use, the noise must have been terrific.

Did the person who said it wouldn't work have any reason why? Was that the guys who machined the flywheel?

Is the new clutch designed to work with that step in the flywheel? You'd need to find out exactly what part number the flywheel is and chat to Exedy.

I don't know why they would produce a stepped flywheel, maybe to give a longer live as it gets skimmed over the decades.