stevieturbo

IMO a 3mm gap will be far too small and leave you with no gap in a very short space of time as the clutch wears and fingers get higher.

I'd be happy with 8mm.

Gav

Thanks Steve,
spoken with tdp just. I got 8mm, there is a 3mm shim in kit. So will give me 5mm for as you said, wear and break in.
btw, what turbo you run?
regards
gav

stevieturbo

If it is 8mm, no way would I be adding any shims.

Just a couple of BW's

Gav

Ok, will re measure then decide.
Just a couple of BW,s tut tut....wish i had.
Regards
Gav

Gav

Oh well,
all that effort replacing clutch, inners of gearbox...
it drove ok for first 1/2 mile taking it steady and has got progressively worse from then. When warm cant change down gear, gears tight and wont go in. God i hope its just a bleed problem but getting no bubbles in line when bleeding with extension bleeder. Massive job for me to rip box back out again though in tiny garage space.
need a beer...
regards
gav

stevieturbo

Cant change down gear with engine running or engine stopped ?

What clutch, flywheel ?

Gav

Hi,
engine running.
Diamond stage 2 and flywheel.
willdo some more checks after weekend
reg
gav

stevieturbo

So it changes gear ok with engine off ?

So it sounds like the clutch is dragging ?

It does seem some clutches have issue with ARP bolts...where these used ? As they are taller some clutch discs can foul and cause dragging. This should be obvious if you take it apart.
But would depend on how thick the centre section of clutch plate is, depth of flywheel recess for bolts etc etc

Or it may be insufficient travel at the slave, better bleeding, whatever.

getting a visual as to what is happening in there will help, cheap USB bore scopes are dirt cheap and would only need a small hole drilled to get some access.

Gav

Hi all,
thought i would update this.
Took it to a gearbox centre, he stripped it down and found issue straight away. I missed one c clip out......he said it was perfect apart from that....i felt so dumb. My only saving grace was it was item 13 in the manuel which is not showing in the manuel pdf, it is blanked out. It shows number 13, and a line pointing to nothing.....grrrrrr.
Anyway, thanks all, my first and hopefully last gearbox stripdown.
Also thanks to Jason at TDP. Clutch stage 2 is slightly heavier and grabbier but makes those shifts at high rpm easier.
Regards
gav

stevieturbo

13....unlucky lol.

Did you miss the clip because you lost it, or was it a "spare part" after the rebuild ?

Gav

I did have a spare clip but i thought it was to do with the reverse assembly which i never stripped in rear tail housing...well assumed....
reg
gav

stevieturbo

I got a load of freezer type bags and bagged/tagged everything in grouped sections when I took mine apart, so hopefully nothing would get mislaid or missed out etc. As well as lots of photos.