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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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I thought of taking my whole setup to a shop and have it balanced, but if its already balanced, I dont want to do it again.
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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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I believe they are, but you'd be suprised how out of balance some clutches can be. I'd do it anyway. I'll be taking my Stage II and flywheel to get balanced before I throw them in just to make sure.
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Old Apr 17, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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I just took a brand new one in to be balanced and it was 40 grams off 5 inches from centerline. Needless to say we are sending it back. What a piece of ****!
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Old Apr 17, 2004 | 10:17 PM
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are you talking just the ckutch or the whole kit with flywheel? i belive the whole kit is balanced and matched
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by badpewter-z
are you talking just the ckutch or the whole kit with flywheel? i belive the whole kit is balanced and matched

The flywheel was within one gram. When the PP was bolted on it was 40 grams off. The damn thing wobbled when rotating. This was with the Spec billet flywheel.
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Old Apr 18, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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That sucks! I hope they all arent like that. I went ahead and installed mine without getting it balanced.
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me too??? but i defiently dont see or feel any problems with mine, garbs like a **** and chatter is completly gone now at 600 miles.
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I just put a spec stage II in my car and it chatters like a ****. Will this go away I hope??
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My Spec II pressure plate was 43g out of balance.
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