apparently, I may need a new clutch... what to buy?

[HijackTheLeft]

I've read the forums and searched, and I know what the good, popular, expensive brands are. But I can't afford that right now. So I'm looking for a good deal. Where else to check but ebay... I found a few clutches that may be affordable. A couple are still higher than I can afford, but doable if I had to. If I could get a few opinions on some of the ones I picked out, that'd be great.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33730h ... ..33730the one below looked kinda sketchy... no pressure plate or whatever, but could I use the stock pressure plate? or does that go bad too?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...33730h ... rs...33730

[Florida240sx]

Is your engine stock or light mods?I've heard stay away from e-bay but I don't think these clutches can be any worse than autozone.

[HijackTheLeft]

my only mods are listed in my sig. I've heard to stay away from ebay too. but everything on ebay cant be bad, i dont guess. at least, i hope not. I've never bought car stuff off ebay though

[Florida240sx]

Well me 187 clutch kit from autozone...throwoutbearing was amking noise while the car was still on the lift.POS part IMO.There was a thread a while back about this let me see if I can find it for you.

[Structure240sx]

a stock clutch would be cheap and should hold just fine with your mods.

remember..fast cheapreliable

pick two

[Florida240sx]

zerothread?id=66188Here's one thread but it's from last year...

[HijackTheLeft]

The link in that thread is no longer valid, so I can't really tell what kind that was.

And, I was actually looking for a stock clutch on ebay, and couldn't find one. Would I have to get it from the dealer, or could I get an oem replacement from autozone?

[Florida240sx]

I've gotten one from NAPA and one from autozone.Napa one was good to me all up to the poin of where the spring broke.Almost got me killed.And autozone maybe I got a defect, it slips on me and I'm stock and was their heavy-duty one.Glad I'm goign KA-T so I can get rid of it.Found this link. http://www.drivewire.com/speci...chkit Do any of our sponsors car stock clutches?All I've seen is racing.What about Dan?http://www.rockauto.com/catalo...up=15

[HijackTheLeft]

awesome, man... thanks for your help!

I think I'm gonna get one from NAPA this weekend. They're slightly more expensive than autozone, but I'd rather not have slippage on a brand new clutch.

[HijackTheLeft]

Well, we are currently in the middle of changing the clutch. My next door neighbor is good friends with a mechanic, so we're doing it next door. We have the transmission out, and we're having a real hard time getting the bushing out. The mechanic is searching for his seal puller, and I figured I'd take a lunch break.

Under way...

[HijackTheLeft]

well, the bushing ended up needing to be cut out, and just everything in general took a LOT longer than it needed to. It didn't help that the mechanic starts uber-flirting with some crackwhore that showed up. Yes a real crackwhore. I live in a great nieghborhood. He didn't know she was a crackwhore though, until later... then he gives her a ride home. He didn't really do anything anyway. My neighbor and I did 95% of the work. Hopefully, we'll get it done tomorrow though.

[HijackTheLeft]

wow... 2 days and $200 later, my clutch is changed. And sweet freakin jesus, what a difference it made. Apparently, my clutch has been in bad shape since I bought the car, but since this is the first 5speed I've ever owned, I didn't know any better. It feels like my car has 60 more horsepower. It drives like a brand new car. I friggin love it.

We used a Sachs oem clutch. My only gripe is that I have to bury the pedal to shift. and within 1 1/2 inch, it's totally engaged. It makes for quick shifts when I'm driving fast, but for the around town drives with my wife, it's kinda jerky... maybe I just need to get used to driving a stick again.

[get_up_mark]

if you buy a act and spec they come with plastic throwout bearings. they can be noisey. i didnt change the bearing becuase i thought it would be fine since it came with the clutch kit but im wishin i put an oem metal tob in instead.

[Chezedik]

Should've gone with the OEM clutch from the 1973 240z, works like a dream for light mods.

[HijackTheLeft]

mannn.... where were you 9 days ago? I wish I would have thought of that.

[Chezedik]

sooooorrry....

[Chezedik]

Now you know for next time, so feel free to rape the crap out of your clutch!

[HijackTheLeft]

definately. the first one lasted 166000 miles though, so i got some violent raping to do.

wow... gotta love the metaphors