[DeTomaso] The Clutch in 5533
asajay at asajay.com
asajay at asajay.com
Wed May 6 18:00:36 EDT 2009
Well, I did more searching... starting with the Fabulous SOBill
Gearhead Database, which I may point out has an extensive section on
Clutch information, I copied all the possibilities to a temp file,
then started searching. Kudos to Bill.
With the objective of keeping things inexpensive, I am not looking to
buy all -new- stuff or switch to a diaphragm style at this point. The
next objective would be to makes sure things are in good shape, which
means I should have the flywheel surface ground and the pressure plate
repaired or replaced and replace the disc.
At $25 to surface the face of the flywheel, I can't beat that.
(flywheels go anywhere from $300 to $600, ouch!)
$80 to replace friction material on my disc is a good deal.
The $280 to recondition the pressure plate was a bit hard to take, so
that became my focus.
The ebay deal is a GREAT deal. It's a new pressure plate, proper part
number (checked the gearhead database), and it's half price.
Next, I found NAPA sells a reconditioned unit, current part number NCL
CA7350 (I had to cross the older Rayloc part number from the
database). This sells for $82.49. That's nearly $200 off the price
to rebuild my old one, and about $50 less than the new unit on ebay.
I think I now have my clutch work down to under $200. This is
starting to look palatable. :)
I'd like to thank everyone for their feedback and leading me into
doing the right things.
Asa Jay
Quoting asajay at asajay.com:
> So I found a place in Spokane that can clean up the surface on my
> flywheel ($25), send the pressure plate out to their sister company in
> Portland, OR, have it disassembled, surfaced, checked re-assembled and
> sent back ($277), and replace the friction material on the disc ($80).
>
> For about $400, I can have all reconditioned components. Does that
> sound about right?
>
> Asa Jay
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