street_kings

So, I'm gonna install my clutch myself in my 01 GS-R. I downloaded the service manual from the post above coz uhn...i lost mine....but i'm unsure about a few things. First, my teggy has 36k On it. guesses on if a flywheel resurface is needed? If so, i'm gonna have to take it to a shop . also, anybody know of any good walkthroughs/writeups? Thanks!

jake2001z001

Resurface your flywheel, might as wheel sense you got it all apart, it cost about 40 bucks to have done. Or do it on a brake lay if you know a firend or someone that works at a shop

tranceminister

It's alway's better to get the flywheel re-surfaced when installing a new clutch. At that mileage I think i'd do it just to be safe.

MikeJ-2009

Yes. It would kinda be like using new rings without honing the cylinders. It may work, but it's better if you do it right.
I put a new clutch in my old car and didn't resurface the flywheel and to this day I wonder if the clutch was really shitty, or if I fucked up by not resurfacing. The polls say 80% that I should have resurfaced. Don't be like me.

98Spec EK

i just got a TODA flywheel when my clutch was put in.

88crxSi

ya, spend some money on a lightened Fly wheel, worth it

street_kings

Yah i was thinking about just getting the ACT flywheel, but i heard lightened flywheels suck for boosted apps? anyone have any input?

Semnos

didn't resurface mine...and it's holding strong up to 15 psi now.
I did break it in properly though...maybe that helped.
I noticed that the clutch grabbed much harder after e few hondred miles breaking in

jake2001z001

How did ya break it in?

tranceminister

A few smokey burnouts and clutch dups will cut that break in period in half you know


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