Clutch Install Help
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Racer
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From: Brunswick OH
Clutch Install Help
I’m getting ready to swap my stock clutch out for a Textralia 0Z700 that I got from ECS’s last GP. I already bought a new slave/throwout/pilot bearings and remote bleeder. I have a couple of question on the balancing of the Flywheel/Pressure plate.
I keep reading about some people just having there Flywheel/Pressure plate zero balanced then install? Or do you have to balance the old stock Flywheel/Pressure plate to the new Flywheel/Pressure plate?
Thanks
I keep reading about some people just having there Flywheel/Pressure plate zero balanced then install? Or do you have to balance the old stock Flywheel/Pressure plate to the new Flywheel/Pressure plate?
Thanks
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Here is what I understand, the original may not be zero balanced. Check the old one, if out of zero then re-balance new to same non-zero balance. Just make sure on disassembly you mark all the parts and locations so if you have problems later you can reconstruct the crime scene.
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The LS1 is a internally balanced engine meaning that the internal rotating assembly is zero balanced as well as the harmonic dampner and the whole clutch assembly. Whit that being said I have had a few cars where the engine was built and something was not in perfect balance so it was made up in the clutch assembly. Now this was maybe 3-4 cars in all of the clutch jobs we have done. I dont double check the stock clutch for zero balnce when we do clutch jobs but I never throw away the original clutch untill the new one is in and the balance is fine just in case I have to have them matched. The Textralias are all zero balanced so they are able to be installed right out of the box..
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The LS1 is a internally balanced engine meaning that the internal rotating assembly is zero balanced as well as the harmonic dampner and the whole clutch assembly. Whit that being said I have had a few cars where the engine was built and something was not in perfect balance so it was made up in the clutch assembly. Now this was maybe 3-4 cars in all of the clutch jobs we have done. I dont double check the stock clutch for zero balnce when we do clutch jobs but I never throw away the original clutch untill the new one is in and the balance is fine just in case I have to have them matched. The Textralias are all zero balanced so they are able to be installed right out of the box..
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