Fidanza Friction Plate
02-28-2006, 09:39 PM
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Fidanza Friction Plate OK, so I have a fidanza flywheel and I'm changing out my SPEC with a Ram disc and pressure plate. I got a new friction plate just to make sure I don't have any problems and a Ram cust service rep tells me I need to have the new friction plate reground or my disc will not seat properly.
Has anyone done this or does anyone know if this is correct?
They're also recomending a shim. Now this is getting far too complicated.
Has anyone done this or does anyone know if this is correct?
They're also recomending a shim. Now this is getting far too complicated.
03-01-2006, 07:35 PM
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My friction plate was not "reground" just replace the FP with a new one. Its only 80 bucks......Id also go with an adjustable master, I have a mcloud...I dont think my ram 402 had any kind of shim with the adj master.
03-02-2006, 02:18 AM
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I called fidanza and they told me I did not need to have it ground flat. I was also told that the flywheel came balanced out of the box. I just needed to get the clutch flywheel balanced as a whole.
03-02-2006, 02:35 PM
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I got the same response from Fidanza. BTW, the friction plate is much less expensive @ Summit, that's where I got mine. I think it was $55.
Ram says they know Fidanza insists the friction plate does not need to be reground, but their experience indicates in fact it does need to be reground.
I am going to take my FW & PP to have the balance checked, so at this point I plan to have the shop resurface the new friction plate only enough to insure it is straight. That's the implication - that the friction plate is not exactly straight and the surface is too slick, so the disc will not seat properly.
As far as needing a spacer goes, I really don't want an adjustible master and I already have a spacer from my old SPEC, so I guess I'll try to cmpare the dimensions of the spec to the dimensions of the RAM, and go from there.
I also need to get a helicoil in one of my FW mounting holes because when I was installing my SPEC one of the holes didn't line up right and trying to get the bolt threaded I stripped the first few threads. I finally had to take a chainsaw file and open up the hole to get it to work. Just another aspect of my bad SPEC experience.
Ram says they know Fidanza insists the friction plate does not need to be reground, but their experience indicates in fact it does need to be reground.
I am going to take my FW & PP to have the balance checked, so at this point I plan to have the shop resurface the new friction plate only enough to insure it is straight. That's the implication - that the friction plate is not exactly straight and the surface is too slick, so the disc will not seat properly.
As far as needing a spacer goes, I really don't want an adjustible master and I already have a spacer from my old SPEC, so I guess I'll try to cmpare the dimensions of the spec to the dimensions of the RAM, and go from there.
I also need to get a helicoil in one of my FW mounting holes because when I was installing my SPEC one of the holes didn't line up right and trying to get the bolt threaded I stripped the first few threads. I finally had to take a chainsaw file and open up the hole to get it to work. Just another aspect of my bad SPEC experience.
03-17-2006, 07:22 PM
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just ordered a replacement friction disc from summit..
does the replacement come with new bolts / screws - or do i reuse the old ones. what are they torqued to. fwiw - my shop (hpe) says that my new spec and fidanza should not need to be balanced. the idea of true-ing up the friction face sounds like good idea, tho.
does the replacement come with new bolts / screws - or do i reuse the old ones. what are they torqued to. fwiw - my shop (hpe) says that my new spec and fidanza should not need to be balanced. the idea of true-ing up the friction face sounds like good idea, tho.
