Thanks for the reply Matt. Iv'e bought that plate. The thing is,even Scandix are still saying that 1mm has to be removed from the flywheel for the Sach clutches which they have for sale at the moment. Cheers
3 is to take the friction plate apart and re-rivet it correctly.
I had a faulty clutch on the shelf for quite a few years, before realising it was riveted the wrong way around. I have access to a big lathe so I removed some material from the centre of the flywheel and gave the friction surface a skim as well:
Thanks Melle, That's what Scandix say to do to the Flywheel. Does this mean all Sachs clutch plates of this type are incorrectly constructed. I suppose it must. Cheeers
This is a known issue since 2010 and it looks like they never sorted it. My clutch was a LUK, I suppose they're the exact same item as F&S/ Sachs but in different packaging. The parts are even marked "F&S".
I believe that if you skim the friction surface you have to also skim the outer bolt surface by the same amount otherwise the clamping force is reduced. Is this correct? I think a 4mm depth has been mentioned?
Most clutches need shimming for the pressure release plate to sit correctly, this would only get worse should you machine the bolt surface. I only cleaned up the friction surface, took off 0.2mm max.
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Clutch Options
Posted - 28 Mar 2018 : 09:38:59 
