I got an SRR 11lb chromoly flywheel for my D16Y8 a couple months back off eBay for $200. It seemed like a good buy at the time, and when it came in, it looked great. However, when I got around to installing it a couple weeks ago along with my clutch, I found that the clutch bolt hole spacing on the flywheel doesn't match my presure plate. So I thought I got the wrong p/p, but I verified it with my friend's Z6 longblock, and it went right on to his stock flywheel. The SRR's clutch bolt pattern is at a smaller radius than stock. My question is, was the SRR D16 flywheel not designed to work with an OEM-style p/p? If not, what're you supposed to use? One of their p/p's? That sounds kind of odd. I've tried contacting SRR's US offices with no luck, and the guy on eBay whom I got it from pretty much told me "tough luck." I also can't do anything about it thru my credit card company or PayPal, since I got it back in September and I only found out it wouldn't work a couple weeks ago. So does anyone know what the deal is with SRR's D16 flywheels? Would it be possible to have a machine shop redrill and retap new clutch bolt holes and relocate the dowel pins? I'd assume they'd have to rebalance it too, but is that even an option? I'm a (worse than)broke student who is unemployed, so I can't really afford $225-250 for another flywheel, or I'd get one of the ACT streetlight ones. Any help is greatly appreciated. Oh, and this is what the flywheel looks like:

That's the backside, but you can still see how far in the clutch bolt holes are. They're supposed to be about 1/4" or so closer to the ring gear(further out).

If you ever come across any auctions hosted by "dohccivicna1250", do your homework and ask questions before you bid, because if they're are problems after the purchase, he's absolutely no help. He has a 5000+ feedback profile, but he also has about 240 negatives that never seemed to be resolved.


[Modified by inspyral, 9:12 PM 2/3/2003]

 

what I have noticed is that the pressure plate and flywheel is got EG sitckers on it. meaning that the design was specifically for the clutch of those years.
I have both the pressure plate and flywheel on my d-series the pressure plate is Exedy made. as far as the disc I went with a y8 disc made by exedy (stock)

which pressure plate are you trying to use??y8 or z6? have you tried Z6?

also you know that the pressure plate only fits one way so rotate it until it does otherwise it will be off and not work. you have done that???

check my thread out:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=383955

 

The pressure plate I'm using is a single diaphram Action unit from my Action 1MD clutch kit. As far as I know, all 92-00 SOHC Civic flywheels and p/p's are the same. At first I thought I had it rotated wrong like you said, but after I tried rotating it every which way for about 20 minutes, it became apparent that the holes in the flywheel were drilled at a smaller radius than stock. From looking at pics of your SRR flywheel, it looks like mine is deffective. You can clearly see that the bolt hole radius on mine is smaller than the radius of the bolt holes on yours:


Notice how the holes on mine are almost right on that inside edge, whereas yous are about 1/8-1/4" further out.

I've tried contacting SRR's US office, but I haven't gotten a response from them, and they don't list a phone number on their website? Do you happen to have their number? Thanks for your help.

 

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