quote:Originally posted by Rocky:
I'm lucky, as I have not had as much trouble as Peter with either of my clutches (a stock 3 Finger, and a Centeforce diaphragm), but isn't there some amount of "wear" and "settling in" that will occur when a brand new clutch is installed?
Marcels compress, minor high spots are burnished off, and the disk compresses due to the thermal and friction environment?
Just hoping for the best.....
Rocky
Just assembling and installing the clutch sets the Marcel.
Will there be a seating of the clutch lining? Sure, but not .015". Maybe .005 at most BUT in the ZF it isn't just the synchros, it's the gear cones, shipping it to Lloyd, waiting and hoping you can pay the bill?
I don't trust anyone on these parts. The guys who are selling them to you think that they are experts and you are just a smuck.
This really smells of the wrong disc in there.
You might be able to measure the clearance of the Marcel on the disc that is in there like you did on the disc PP clearance. Then compare that to a know correct disc.
I don't think that I have a disc out of the car here. A pressure plate, yes, but that doesn't help.
I positively guaranty you that if you talk to the Byers or Dennis at Pantera Performance(which is the best place to buy a clutch from), describe what is happening to them, they are simply going to tell you that you have the wrong clutch in there.
It doesn't matter what "expert" you bought it from. Something is not right with it.
It could be the "Chevy Expert Syndrome" again at play.
Remember. THEY are the expert, WE are just smucks.
There has to be a point where all this grey hair, skinned knuckles and Rolaids consumption registers as significant documentation of experience.
@ Rocky, the actual thickness of the clutch lining on the disc may also be thicker now then on the original disc. Justification for that would be because that is a "premium lining".
I can't think of another car that has the same issues with clearances then the Pantera? Buying a clutch from some of these people is like talking to the kid who works part time in Staples.
I needed a "customs envelope" to ship to Germany. They told me to go to the "Custom Print Shop".
