So I have been having the worst time with clutches and flywheels and transmissions. I will not relay my horror story here but will keep it simple and to the point.
I have a stage 1 hd clutch with a lightweight flywheel (&counterweight) installed. Also my transmission just got repaired so it's all good. New drive-shaft and input shaft and everything else.
This is the second time this clutch has been installed. The first time after I had it installed the pedal felt incredibly light and it had difficulty shifting when moving at lower gear speeds. It was impossible to shift in the cold and when the rpms got higher the clutch pedal would actually get sucked to the floor.
I called the manufacturer and talked to some other clutch manufacturers (exedy) and they said for most stage 1 clutches you need a spacer or a shim. So I went back in and installed a spacer after measuring the width of the "fingers" of the springs and reinstalled it also double checking that the flywheel width was similar too.
Now that it's re-installed it seems to be engaging slightly better but it's still super light and I am still having the issue of the clutch pedal sinking to the floor at high rpms.
At one point I reinstalled the oem clutch and it was much stiffer and felt like an actual clutch pedal and I loved it. I would have thought a stage 1 hd clutch would be MORE stiff not less stiff.
My question boils down to...
How stiff should my clutch pedal be with the set up I am currently running (Keeping in mind it's literally feather light) ? Is it possible I spaced it wrong? Is it just that the dampening springs in the pressure plate are too strong?
I have a stage 1 hd clutch with a lightweight flywheel (&counterweight) installed. Also my transmission just got repaired so it's all good. New drive-shaft and input shaft and everything else.
This is the second time this clutch has been installed. The first time after I had it installed the pedal felt incredibly light and it had difficulty shifting when moving at lower gear speeds. It was impossible to shift in the cold and when the rpms got higher the clutch pedal would actually get sucked to the floor.
I called the manufacturer and talked to some other clutch manufacturers (exedy) and they said for most stage 1 clutches you need a spacer or a shim. So I went back in and installed a spacer after measuring the width of the "fingers" of the springs and reinstalled it also double checking that the flywheel width was similar too.
Now that it's re-installed it seems to be engaging slightly better but it's still super light and I am still having the issue of the clutch pedal sinking to the floor at high rpms.
At one point I reinstalled the oem clutch and it was much stiffer and felt like an actual clutch pedal and I loved it. I would have thought a stage 1 hd clutch would be MORE stiff not less stiff.
My question boils down to...
How stiff should my clutch pedal be with the set up I am currently running (Keeping in mind it's literally feather light) ? Is it possible I spaced it wrong? Is it just that the dampening springs in the pressure plate are too strong?
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