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I talked to a tech support rep at McLeod today, and he told me the pressure plate is zero balance and doesn't need to be balanced, however they do recommend balancing the flywheel and pressure plate assembly, but also went on to say that he would guess 95% of the people don't do this. After hearing that, I'm likely to skip this step since I didn't have a vibration problem with the clutch assembly I'm replacing.
Also, as stingr69 said, all the pressure plates used for the street pro, super street pro, and street level kits are the same and will all use the same pedal effort, which will be slightly more than stock.
One more thing - Mcleod will tell you that you need to have the clutch pressure plate balanced locally. They do not come pre balanced. Didn't need to take much off this one. Just one little divot.
So if you want it balanced you buy direct from Mcleod ?
Last edited by 0311 jarhead; Jul 25, 2021 at 01:41 AM.
If you buy a clutch kit and flywheel direct from McLeod then it is an option to have the pressure plate and flywheel balanced together. They wont balance the pressure plate by itself since it is zero balanced out of the box.
The tech support said prob about 95% of the people don't have this done. I understood that it was the pressure plate/flywheel set that had the option of getting balanced. Not sure about the clutch, but since it can be at any position relative to the pressure plate/flywheel, I don't think this is included when McLeod does the optional balancing procedure.
I agree Rescue Rogers, I never had this done either when doing a clutch and never had a problem, however, never had a problem with a bent crankshaft flange either. Correcting this awful clutch chatter has turned into the worst case scenario. I'll be ordering a new Scat crank and am considering getting the crank/flywheel/pressure plate balanced all together, if that is even possible.... I don't want to leave any margin for error, and want this to be the last time I do this. Wrenching on them is half the fun, but it's kinda nice to drive them once in a while too.
Ok, I could be wrong, looks like the clutch is included in the balancing service offered by McLeod. This is from the installation instructions for the street pro series;
"The second thing we recommend doing is having the flywheel and new clutch assembly balanced together
as a complete assembly. This step is a good practice to ensure that there are no issues with vibrations at
specific RPM and is the same practice you would use if you are installing new wheels and tires or a new
rotating assembly in your engine."
I don't think I would try to shim it, but a machine shop could probably turn the face and square it to the journals if it is just a slight tweak. If you shim it, you are loosing the crank to flywheel / metal to metal connection and you are relying on the sheer strength of the bolt at that hole.
Yup, I looked into shimming it, and did find one person that was successful in doing so. I wasn't comfortable doing it that way, just seemed like a bandage approach, and I agree with the other issues bluthundr brought up. I also did consider having a machine shop reface it, but figured I rather spend the $240 and be done with it. After the smoke clears, I'll be into it about $700 and who knows how many hours, thanks JD Machine and Performance (Lake Havasu City AZ)!
