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Clutch Replacement
Written by rudyg1937 on 12/29/2008 at 04:15 am

I agree wtih your dealer. I have seen worn plates but the normal
failure mode is glazing but still full thickness. These plates are
not glazed, except slightly on the outer 2, and the center ones are
as bron and fresh as the new plates.

Now, as an update the new clutch springs are 0.064" smaller inner
diameter and fit too tightly over the screw posts. I'll make phone
calls tomorrow and post the outcome. Makes me mad as I could have
had it assembled and done tonight. Now the Del Sol sits waiting a
transmission seal, the 94 PC waits for painted body work that was
supposed to be done weeks ago and the 98 PC is waiting for clutch
springs.

Rudy

>
> The clutch on 'oldWing started slipping not too long after I checked
> the clutch plates and discs while replacing the stator. (The engine
> had to come out of the frame for that little job.) I discovered
that
> I could just do the clutch replacement with the engine in the
frame.
> (That did require a larger "swear jar".)
>
> When I went to the friendly not-quite-local Honda dealer to pick up
> the new discs I had a chat with one of the service folks. They said
> that they had never seen a Honda clutch disc below the wear limit,
> they always failed by glazing. When I compared the texture of my
> Bakelite discs to their cork-n-rubber discs it was clearly time for
> replacements.
>
> YMMV,
> Seth
>