[DML] Re: Problems With Valeo Brand Clutch Discs?

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've installed a least a half dozen of them with no issues. 

BTW the "Centerforce" clutch is a re-painted Valeo. There is no 
alternative available. Where did you buy it? There is a spline size 
used by Toyota that looks identical but absolutely will not fit. I'm 
not aware of a toyota clutch in the proper diameter though.

If there's a fit issue it's probably with your trans. Is the input 
shaft twisted from all that power? Did you try sliding the disc onto 
the input shaft prior to installation? What did you use for an 
alignment tool? ( I use an old input shaft). 

Dave

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> My transmission is currently lying in the driveway with a Valeo 
brand
> clutch disc hopelessly stuck on the input shaft. Splines are lined 
up.
> Input shaft inserted into the disc effortlessly until the 
bellhousing
> was 1/4" or so from the block, then put up serious resistance. I
> suspect that was the point at which the disc became stuck.
> 
> The old disc, also Valeo brand, was stuck on the input shaft too 
(wore
> the pressure plate side down to the rivets but barely touched the
> flywheel side). At first I thought it was rusted from sitting up too
> long, but now am beginning to wonder if the problem is really a fit
> issue with Valeo clutch discs.
> 
> Has anybody else had problems with Valeo clutch discs? Are other
> brands available? (If so, from what source?)
> 
> Thanks for the info,
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939




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