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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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I bought a used oz700 from a guy about 5 months ago and I barely opened the box to put the clutch in and to me the pads look pretty worn down... He said he measured the depth off the pads and it was a couple thousandths used which was nothing for a clutch like this... I wanted to know whats the depth on a brand new one, and how do people get this things rebuilt? And does everyone think its to late to say something to the guy, cause I'm pretty pissed that a spent 600 on a clutch that was suppose to in good shape and its really toast!!
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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I'd have to see it, can you post a pic?

I will say that the friction material is ALOT thinner new than you would expect. It might not be worn as much as you think.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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How does the PP and FW look?
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here are some quick pics i just snapped
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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the guys had buffed the pressure plate with something so it looks all nice a swirly...
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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That clutch still looks good. As long as your PP and FW dont have any cracks or heat spots and the diaphram isnt bent-put it in. And BTW Text used to use a stock FW in its kits. So you can get another and have it zero ballanced If the PP still loks good
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 08:52 PM
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i had it measured and its 0.037 inchs.... but if a couple more ppl chime and say its good i'm going to put it in cause this is the only thing stopping me from putting my car back together...
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:48 AM
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The guy shot you straight man. There's not much wear at all on the friction disk. If I hadn't ever seen one new, I would have been concerned like you as well. I really don't understand why there isn't more material from the start, but there just isnt.

Oh well, I have about 23k on my OZ700 and it's still breaking parts lol. 10 bolt twice, got a M9 and after the break-in I beat on it for the first time today and destroyed the drive-shaft. This clutch has no mercy lol.
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looks good 2 me
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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same here, i bought a new one as was scared shitless with the amount of material past the rivets compared to the stocker. a couple of searches and i was just like ....damn this is what a high performance clutch looks like. i hope it scares me on the car as much as it did when i opened the box!
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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Well I guess I'm just going to put it in and see what happens
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Looks like it is in great shape, you should be fine..
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