solara v6 clutch question
I've just posted on toyotanation, but i will copy and paste here to see if anyone else experience the same thing
recently i replaced my clutch with new fidanza flywheel, new oem clutch disc and new oem pressure plate, new oem throw out bearing.
after i put it back together, and test drove it for a few miles, it feel lack of some power,
then I separated the transmission from engine to inspect the components again.
i found a little clutch dust, black color, and on both pressure plate surface and the flywheel, there is some light blue mark on the inner 1" of the circle, the outter area of the pressure plate and flywheel has no visual burn or overheat mark
my guess is it seems like the clutch disc is only grabbing 1/3 of the surface area on flywheel and pressure plate, which may explain lack of power, instead of enage the whole clutch surface area.
what could cause this problem? bad install or defective pressure plate/disc or flywheel? could the pressure plate not flat? i didn't visible burn mark on any area of my old pressure plate or flywheel.
when i mated the transmission back to engine, i did use the pilot bearing tool, greased the throw out bearing, didn't use any excessive force, i just push the transmission by hand and it slided nicely back to the engine.
i also did another solara v6 clutch job, same setup, same procesure, and that went smoothly as expected.
any experts seen this happen before?
any suggestion or comment are welcome.
recently i replaced my clutch with new fidanza flywheel, new oem clutch disc and new oem pressure plate, new oem throw out bearing.
after i put it back together, and test drove it for a few miles, it feel lack of some power,
then I separated the transmission from engine to inspect the components again.
i found a little clutch dust, black color, and on both pressure plate surface and the flywheel, there is some light blue mark on the inner 1" of the circle, the outter area of the pressure plate and flywheel has no visual burn or overheat mark
my guess is it seems like the clutch disc is only grabbing 1/3 of the surface area on flywheel and pressure plate, which may explain lack of power, instead of enage the whole clutch surface area.
what could cause this problem? bad install or defective pressure plate/disc or flywheel? could the pressure plate not flat? i didn't visible burn mark on any area of my old pressure plate or flywheel.
when i mated the transmission back to engine, i did use the pilot bearing tool, greased the throw out bearing, didn't use any excessive force, i just push the transmission by hand and it slided nicely back to the engine.
i also did another solara v6 clutch job, same setup, same procesure, and that went smoothly as expected.
any experts seen this happen before?
any suggestion or comment are welcome.
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