AnthraxVX

well my clutch is pretty much shot, i can barely accelerate. i just got a DUI so i need to know how bad it would be if i just changed out the disc without changing the flywheel and pressure plate. I heard u cant resurface the flywheel on an s2k, should i just have it done or leave it how it is? how long would just changing the disk out last? i will get a new setup later but i need to be able to drive, its REALLY bad. Thanks!

ricepicker

Hmm don't know your states DUI policy, but we lose our license after the first DUI. But anyways, it all depends on how bad the pressure plate and flywheel are glazed over. How many miles do you have on that clutch? I haven't heard that you can't resurface the flywheel, but chances are, if you try and just put a new clutch disk in, it will probably toast the clutch a lot sooner, and you'll be in the same situation you are now.

ReddotsS2K

i did that and i was only able to get 20k out of my clutch...its better to just replace it all. im saving up right now to change everything

p10hlm

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AnthraxVX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well my clutch is pretty much shot, i can barely accelerate. i just got a DUI so i need to know how bad it would be if i just changed out the disc without changing the flywheel and pressure plate. I heard u cant resurface the flywheel on an s2k, should i just have it done or leave it how it is? how long would just changing the disk out last? i will get a new setup later but i need to be able to drive, its REALLY bad. Thanks!</TD></TR></TABLE>

stop driving drunk you stupid ****, replace your clutch and flywheel at the same time.

HondaKyle

Spend a little more now or spend a lot more latter .... It goes some thing like that right?

Basskika

Replace it all

GRAF-FITI

skip the clutch...spend the money on booze

Under_Pressure

Word but stay home or at the party!

GRAF-FITI

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Under_Pressure &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Word but stay home or at the party!</TD></TR></TABLE>

or do some cliff driving

AnthraxVX

lol. its hard to not drink and drive. lol naw but i got people to drive me now, thanks for the info but if you got 20k out of it thats fine with me, i just need something for like 2-3 months before my act setup. just would rather spend 150 bux now and 1000 later and have thsi last me atleast like 10,000 miles. good enough for me ne more info let meknow. Thanks guys.

ReddotsS2K

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AnthraxVX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol. its hard to not drink and drive. lol naw but i got people to drive me now, thanks for the info but if you got 20k out of it thats fine with me, i just need something for like 2-3 months before my act setup. just would rather spend 150 bux now and 1000 later and have thsi last me atleast like 10,000 miles. good enough for me ne more info let meknow. Thanks guys.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you will hate yourself for doing it, trust me. changing the clutch in this car is not easy. at minimum it's a 10 hour job. maybe there is guys that have done it a little faster but they must do it frequently. SAVE SAVE SAVE and then do it ALL AT ONCE. i hate myself right now...buying the clutch and flywheel isnt the problem for me, its the install that i [freak]ing hate

ReddotsS2K

and if you do decide to half *** it, u mine as well just say [freak] the pilot bearing, throwoutbearing, and pressure plate. i disk is only about 100 bucks online somewhere.

bky

Definitely change it all. The parts aren't that expensive: getting to them is just as much, if not more.

AnthraxVX

ok. for i have enough to buy like an act kit, like the pressure plate bearings and disk. what about the flywheel? how bad u think it really is to machine it? and why? cuz that would save me like 300 bux. im goign to vegas on the 28th and 29th so im saving like 1500 for that :-P bday time u know.

AnthraxVX

also:
how bad would it be to machine the flywheel?

AND

wuts up with this clutch? cuz if im going to do it im thinkin a bit cheaper. seems arlight? any personal knowledge on this, and not just "i dont know it so [freak] it" comments? thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

140sx

act=garbage just because the presure plate is really hard doesent mean that it is better. i bought my car with a act clutch in it. the kid had it in there for 9 months before i bought the car. I blew it up in about 2 months after. So 11 months of use made the thrust washers on the crank wear down and gave it a little more then a 1/8 of play on the crank when there should be none. buy a compititon clutch it is 1000000x better of a product. im running a stage 5 with a steel flywheel made 500 wheel and the presure plate is way softer and still grabs hard. (u should only need a stage 1 though) and it was 900 for all of it

b20integrapower

i still dont understand why the dui was even mentioned? how was it relevant?

Oh well. Id say do it all.

HondaKyle

You have a DUI... you shouldnt drive so dont fix the car

SwampThing

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HondaKyle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You have a DUI... you shouldnt drive so dont fix the car</TD></TR></TABLE> word, too bad you didnt drive off a cliff.

AnthraxVX

fu k u dude. dont be such an ***. i said it trying to say that i need to be low on cash, ur comments are pointless so fk off, thx for beein so cool. tard

AnthraxVX

thx 140 for the input, i will use that info, i heard pann sells alot of competition shiz so i will pick one up i thnk they are pretty cheap too.

bky

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 140sx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">act=garbage just because the presure plate is really hard doesent mean that it is better. i bought my car with a act clutch in it. the kid had it in there for 9 months before i bought the car. I blew it up in about 2 months after. So 11 months of use made the thrust washers on the crank wear down and gave it a little more then a 1/8 of play on the crank when there should be none. buy a compititon clutch it is 1000000x better of a product. im running a stage 5 with a steel flywheel made 500 wheel and the presure plate is way softer and still grabs hard. (u should only need a stage 1 though) and it was 900 for all of it</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have the ACT HD (installed about 18 months ago) and it still works great. I haven't heard any one else complain about ACT. Poor installation might have been your issue: proper torque in the correct sequence, etc. I'm also running the Fidanza flywheel.

AnthraxVX

yea. i always thought act is good. first time ive heard anything bad about them.

SwampThing

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AnthraxVX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thx 140 for the input, i will use that info, i heard pann sells alot of competition shiz so i will pick one up i thnk they are pretty cheap too.</TD></TR></TABLE> i used to live in san diego and i would never buy anything from them. i have been told first hand about some of the stuff they do....

Jay_Sensing

It's not the "best" course of action by any stretch of the imagination, but I have done this for a customer before. He broke his diff and murdered his clutch at the same time. Was so broke I had to track him down a used diff and cut him a deal on labor just so he could afford to fix it all.

Hey, it was his DD and I look out for people when I can afford to

Either way, what I did to try and prolong the life of his clutch was take a rotary air sander and lightly go over the friction surface on the flywheel just to clean up the glazing on the surface. Keep in mind this does nothing for imperfections or hot spots but it will help if your flywheel isn't trashed. Don't try to get all crazy and make it look new, you will ruin it but a light scuff all the way around will be better than nothing and give the new clutch something to break into.

I did this for him back in June of last year and if you can't deduce from the simultaneous destruction of both diff and clutch, he is abusive. The car is still driving fine today so it will hold for a while at least under abusive driving.

Once again, I wouldn't recommend it but if you can't afford the flywheel because of lawyers and such, it's what I would do in a pinch.