Clutch replacement question.

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Nov 23, 2005 | 10:45 AM

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xviper

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Originally Posted by Race Miata,Nov 23 2005, 01:15 PM

You are kidding, right? I've never heard of using a broom stick to align clutch.

He's not kidding. One of our local board users is also a Honda tech who has done many S2000 clutches. He's told me that he's done the broom stick method a couple of times. The broom stick is not used so much as an "alignment" tool as it is to hold the disc and to move the disc around to the proper position till you can snug down the PP. As you say, even the "proper" tool has quite a bit of slop in it and you still have to rely upon "eye balling" to get it perfect.

Nov 23, 2005 | 11:40 AM

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Race Miata

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OK. I see. So in all cases, it basically comes down to relying on eyeballing to final-check for a perfect alignment. That I agree 100%.

Nov 23, 2005 | 11:59 AM

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Intrepid175

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Originally Posted by Race Miata Posted on Nov 23 2005, 01:15 PM

You are kidding, right? I've never heard of using a broom stick to align clutch. I can't imagine the end of a boom stick to be able to tight-fit into the pilot bearing.

Well, they did have to do a little wittleing on the end of the stick to get a reasonable fit. I don't remember it being that big a deal at the time.

[QUOTE=xviper,Nov 23 2005, 01:45 PM] He's not kidding.