well i made a post on the burn't up toda flywheel i have and i got that resurfaced and i just looked at my pressure plate and that also has burn marks. pics are below of the before and after on the flywheel same marks are on pplate what you think can it be done? thanks

 

TTT

 

Theoretically you could BUT with the flywheel looking like that, how good can the plate be? Evidently the plate wasn't keeping the disc "stuck".

 

your flywheel step in not correct or the clutch is not adjusted properly if it's a cable one.
This could also be due to incorrect shim thickness on the main shaft. Check your end play on the main shaft of your trany.

 

the pplate looks the same as the flywheel did i got the fl;ywheel resurfaced and it looks like the second pic now

 

Here is a couple things you should think about.

When they resurfaced your flywheel, they removed material from the surface that the disk touches. Without removing the same thickness from the surface where the pressure plate bolts, the clutch now clamps less!!!!! By looking at your flywheel "after" photo, it's obvious that they didn't address this.

If you remove material from the pressure plate, the same sort of thing happens. If you don't do something to correct for the lost thickness, you loose clamping pressure.

In theory, you could machine the pressure plate and then take off the same thickness off the flywheel where the pressure plate bolts.

You could search for a thicker clutch disk to take up the difference.

I'd recommend that you take the flywheel back to the machine shop and have it done correctly and then buy a new pressure plate and matching disk. That's the only way everything will be as designed.

Wes Vann

 

My friend and I were in the same predicament a couple months ago. When him and I were changing the clutch disk out of his Impreza we went ahead and decided that we would go and resurface both the flywheel and pressure plate. The three shops we went to said that a special machine is needed to resurface pressure plates that they all didnt have. Evidently pressure plates that have the friction surface riveted onto the clutch cover all need special resurfacing machines. The friction surface also needs to be unriveted from the clutch cover for it to be resurfaced. Atleast this is what the machine shops told us. My friend just ended up only getting the flywheel resurfaced and bought a whole new clutch disk and pressure plate kit.

 

my god this website fawkin kicks ***!
talk about easily finding answers to odd questions.

I love honda-tech.

 

wow bro u toasted that ****

 

Which sounds better
-Its about 200 for a new flywheel and do the safe route.

-Or you would still have to pay about 70 bucks to get that one resurfaced and risk the hours it takes to remove the trans if it fails.(Thats if you pull it yourself, if not thats more money.) ...not to mention you may mess up the clutch in the process.

Your money, Your choice.

 

i'm gonna bump this because i just bought a new flywheel and clutch disc but kept my act heavy duty pressure plate. The plate has MANY but very small sized hot spots. It doesnt have any grooves or scratches, so i was told to just take some fine grit sand paper and give it a nice cleaning.

I'm interested in this idea of removing material causing to lose clamping force.

Does anyone have any suggestions here is are pics of my pressure plate

 

you probably can, but it wouldnt be the ideal way for fixing the problem. just get a new one

 

just take a handheld orbital sander and some 600 grit paper and deglaze the plate. Then you could mill the surface of the presure plate mounting rim to match the lost flywheel step. 20 thou or less and i wouldnt worry about it as long as the disk is flush before your pedal is out you should be ok. I have done this on my teg and can still sidestep and bark in third.

 

well i have a brand new flywheel, and clutch disc, so no surface has been removed from the flywheels friction surface

i'm worried that if i remove or sand the pressure plate that i will lose clamping force, how can i avoid this?