does anybody actually know what caused this to happen to my preasure plate and flywheel? i posted a topic about how my clutch felt too soft a couple of weeks ago and i was told that it was normal and i shouldn't be concerned. i appreciate any info or guidence on what i should do with these parts that only have about 600 miles on them. my mechanic says the flywheel needs to be resurfaced and the preasure plate needs to be replaced. tell me what you think if you have knowledge about these act parts. thanks for looking!

 

That's a pretty big hot spot there. How does the disc look? Did you do some wicked burnouts or slip the clutch a lot? Those spots look 'normal' for a car that's been beat on, but not after only 600 miles.

 

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thats not a pretty big hot spot that is a huge one

 

i just got my engine back from a shop in Anaheim after a complete rebuild(port and polish head,3 angle valve job,super-tech valves,springs,retainers,port matched intake manifold and board out to 70mm,cp pistons 9:1,pauter rods,Benson balanced my crank and sleeved my cylinders,arp studs,cometic head gasket.). i drove this car like a gramma for approx. 630 miles and it takes a **** on me after hitting a dip in down town San Diego and riding itself of the precious oil. i guess what my question is to everybody is this, is my pressure plate still good or do i need to buy a new one?

 

what does oil and hitting a dip have to do with your pressure plate and flywheel? Im not tryin to be smart. Im just curious.

 

^^^x2 I dono either.

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No just get it resurfaced and It will be fine. I dont know if resurfacing the flywheel will help that nasty hotspot.

 

nothing i'm sure, but i'm just trying to get an opinion based on everything that has happened. i haven't done any burn outs or even taken the thing passed 5k rpm. all i'm asking is if my pressure plate is anygood for use or should i dump it and buy another one? what do you guys think?

 

looks to me that it wasnt engaging fully causing the excess heat build up....

 

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lol I told you acouple posts up that the pressure plate is fine just get it resurfaced.

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Im gona have to agree with you on that one. Myabe they didnt bleed the clutch good enough or his slave cylinder is going to **** and not engaging properly.

 

thanks guys, that's the info i was hoping to get from this post. i guess i should have just been more direct with the question. i appreciate the knowledge guys. if there are anymore people out there who think they might have a possible answer or if you just agree with what has been said then feel free to comment. thanks again.

 

i work at a tranny shop, and I can already tell that whoever installed your clutch screwed up. By looking at your pressure plate, the fins are falling inward, when your clutch is installed, they should sit flat. They sit flush along with the clutch. Since it was not installed correctly I would also say that your clutch was not aligned correctly, which in turn caused it to spin not only not flat on your flywheel, but also on your pressure plate causing those hot spots. Take it back to whoever installed it for you and have them take care of it.

Sorry to see that happen to you, take it to a quality shop who does good clutch work, mainly a transmission shop can install this correctly and will check even after using the alignment tool to make sure it's perfect.

 

s2000 has a pull type pressure plate. like evo and sti. Throw out bearing is pulled on by the pivot fork to disengage clutch.

when the pressure plate is torqued to specs the fins will sit flat.

 

that pressure plate is fine. turn it.

 

i would not resurface the flywheel. when i replaced my first clutch on the car the week i got it, i brought it to the machine shop and they told me that they cant resurface s2k flywheels and that honda sent them something telling them that they cant do it. it was a stock flywheel though so i dont know about aftermarket flywheels

i dont know why it took a **** on you either. was it torqued right? did you break in the clutch?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fridaytech &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">s2000 has a pull type pressure plate. like evo and sti. Throw out bearing is pulled on by the pivot fork to disengage clutch.

when the pressure plate is torqued to specs the fins will sit flat.

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This is exactly what I was trying to say, just couldn't find the word. Either way, your pressure plate was not torqued to the correct specs, as soon as it is, the pressure plate's fin come pushed outward before it is torqued. After it is torqued down, it sits flush.

 

well thanks for all the info everybody. this is what i was hoping to get from honda-tech and you guys delivered...thanks again!

 

you make it sound in your first post that his pressure plate off the car the fins should sit flat??

 

hey fridaytech, i was looking at hondaautomotiveparts.com and noticed that in the 'clutch' portion, they sell a pilot bearing and under 'clutch release' portion, there's the clutch release bearing (throw-out bearing right?). do you need both of these new when swapping out stock for the new ACT clutch?

also, F20C, when you bought the ACT pressure plate and disc, did the kit come with the bearings?

 

You know the pilot bearing is very much needed in the clutch system. it is used to stabilize you input shaft from your trans. If this bearing had some walk in it (movement up and down) It mite possibly allow movement of input shaft to your trans. Causing stress or wear in a more expensive trans than a cheap littler bearing.

 

edit: input shaft is Main shaft in trans.