Clutch Alignment

[ozzy1]

I think mine has which way round it goes stamped into it.

[Luke2842]

I'm using the dohc and my clutch had the projecting torsion spring hub on the opposite side of the flywheel, hope that makes sense.

[davedew]

If you can get them with a gap of 1cm to each other I would say that the gearbox input shaft has already gone into the friction plate.

I'd give the bolts a go at pulling them together. Nothing to loose.

[baz-r]

i did mine by eye as i must have lost my alignment tool
a easy way to eye it up is to look not at the center but around the edge of the friction plate in the gaps and check the lip distence of the pressure plate to friction plate my one was edge to edge.
also put the box in gear and turn the output to get the splines lined up

[brainbug007]

Well I checked when I got home last night and I'd made a few mistakes... It wasn't aligned properly and I had the friction disc the wrong way round... I then tried to take the pressure plate back off to fix it only to discover I must've put the bolts on way to tight as they wouldn't budge. I then proceeded to split every 10mm socket I had (about 6) trying to loosen them and managed to round off the heads on most of the bolts in the process. In the end I got the chisel out and had to practically dig away under the bolts to release enough pressure to get them out by hammering a 5/8 socket on as it was the closest I had left at this point. So my pressure plate is pretty much ruined I guess but my flywheel is ok. I'm guessing now I need to buy a new clutch kit as it's pointless to only replace the pressure plate Anyone know if the clutch kits on ebay are any good or a waste of money?

[baz-r]

i have a almost new sierra 1.8 cvh clutch complete
the guy who had my sierra must have spent loads as there was all sorts of almost new stuff on the old girl
as it was cheaper to buy a new clutch than to get my zetec flywheel re drilled and ballanced i did that

[K4KEV]

Might be worth factoring in a torque wrench as well ...as for alignment I use a straight wooden dowel or 1/2" long extension with leccy or gaffer tape to make up the two diameters needed