KyungMin

Anybody know if these kits come with oem bearings or should I order oem ones separately. A video from them said they do but all the kits I see for sale don’t specify whether the bearings are oem.. Or if u guys think I should get another kit instead.. currently looking at the Fx100 or fx200.. heard good things about act/oem.. really looking for reliability. By exedy kit went out after 70k.. thanks

noodels

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clio

+1
Why would you go with Clutchmasters? It will likely give you clutch buzz and you can't beat the oem setup for reliability (or setup with the ACT pressure plate for a more performance orientated option).

darcyw

apparently, the OEM pressure plate is good, like, forever- so if its still in the car, reuse it. replace clutch disc with OEM. use an AP1 flywheel.

drive.

darcy

B serious

"OEM part" has quite a loose meaning.

An aftermarket Nachi bearing may or may not be the same as one sold by a Honda dealer.

Honda *might* have picked out something "off the shelf" at Nachi, OR they may have instructed Nachi how to tailor make one only for Honda.

The only place to guarantee that you get a Honda spec part to buy one that is sold by a Honda dealer.

None of this means that an aftermarket Nachi bearing is shit. But it may/may not be the same as a genuine Honda part, is all.

If it were my S2000, I would buy all the bearings at a Honda dealer.

KyungMin

I saw some nachi bearings that have the "same" part number on them as the actual OEM bearing.

B serious

Doesn't mean the guts of the bearing are the same. Perhaps just the race.

Again, no way to tell except experimentation. I don't know how many busted bearing issues exist on Clutchmasters...BUT, try a search for aftermarket Nachi bearing failures to see if anything pops up.

Since I don't have a lift and endless time...I just opt to do mine with actual factory parts.

jackmugen02

OEM, Spoon(I have one for sale) or ASM(I've got one, but you have to make a very good offer on it) are the only release bearings that you should use.

Car Analogy

This is an excellent Tutorial on oem, oe, and genuine parts.

parts tutorial

It feels like a safe bet that if its the oem vendor, and its the same pn as the part Honda sells, its the exact same part, just not in a box that says Honda on it, and therefore cheaper. It just isn't worth it foe the vendor to keep track of parts that are different, but have the same pn. Not so much when they make and sell them, but of they have to figure out a failure issue.

For a part that wasn't a huge pain to replace, I wouldn't hesitate to use what appears to be an oe part, even if I wasn't 100% certain. But for something like a release bearing, I'm with B on this one. It'd either have to be certain, or be saving so much its worth the risk that of remote possibility of less than oem quality and early failure.