Simple clutch question...
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Instructor
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Simple clutch question...
I've got an LS7 clutch with LS2 flywheel. Been having problems, so I'm going with something aftermarket. Do I have to swap back to a LS1 flywheel, or can I bolt any available C5 clutch to the LS2 flywheel?
I know an LS2 flywheel is required for LS7 clutch, but does the same apply for what I'm asking? Thanks!
I know an LS2 flywheel is required for LS7 clutch, but does the same apply for what I'm asking? Thanks!
Racer
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From: Big Bear, CA
LS2 flywheel will bolt up to any aftermarket clutch/pressure plate. The only difference in the LS2 flywheel is there is more surface area. I put a LS2 flywheel with a centerforce clutch in a buddy's Camaro.
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True. Just checked with centerforce online, and the clutch I ordered is the only one listed for the C6, and states, requires centerforce flywheel.
However, it's also listed for the C5 as the better model, so to speak, and says nothing about a flywheel.
I'm thinking it sucks to be me.
However, it's also listed for the C5 as the better model, so to speak, and says nothing about a flywheel.
I'm thinking it sucks to be me.
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Actually, the car's still together... been waiting on a DTE diff. for two weeks, and will be for another week - ships next Monday. They told me 8 days 2 tuesdays ago. Once it does come apart, it'll be on a lift at the shop I work at - sorry! 
I've already had the car apart twice for this, and am trying to replace everything I can this time to be sure I'll never have to do it again. If I have to pull my LTs again, I'm gonna cry. First the clutch went for real, and then I had a mystery pedal-pressed-in rattle that everyone thought was the TO/slave. Put it back together the 2nd time, and still had the rattle. This time we're thinking pilot bearing or pressure plate.
It's getting everything I can possibly replace new, and it appears that now includes the flywheel. Looks like the LS2 flywheel has, for lack of better words or descriptions at 6:30am, indentions in the flywheel along the edges as compared to the LS1 flywheel, which is flat from center to teeth. Ah crap.
I've already had the car apart twice for this, and am trying to replace everything I can this time to be sure I'll never have to do it again. If I have to pull my LTs again, I'm gonna cry. First the clutch went for real, and then I had a mystery pedal-pressed-in rattle that everyone thought was the TO/slave. Put it back together the 2nd time, and still had the rattle. This time we're thinking pilot bearing or pressure plate.
It's getting everything I can possibly replace new, and it appears that now includes the flywheel. Looks like the LS2 flywheel has, for lack of better words or descriptions at 6:30am, indentions in the flywheel along the edges as compared to the LS1 flywheel, which is flat from center to teeth. Ah crap.
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