R154 and W58 same clutch?
- Thread starter Phantom
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YEAH!!!!!!! GOOD NEWS!!!!!! the car works now!!! it finally goes in gear and everything works fine. The problem was that the shop fu@ked up my pressure plate. once i got the new clutch and pressure plate from the dealer and i compared it to my pressure plate, there were three missing spacers. So....thats why the gear didn't want to go in. the pressure plate wasn't releasing the clutch. Before all this they gave me the wrong clutch too. MAN I'M NOT GOING TO THAT CLUTCH PLACE EVER AGAIN. i should have went to the dealer in the first place. That shit ended up costing me headaches, time, and money. I pulled the tranny out 6 TIMES. Im pretty quick now in taking the clutch out and putting it back together. it takes me about 2 hours to do it. thats pretty good for just using floor jacks. THANK YOU AGAIN EVERYONE FOR YOU INPUT AND HELP.
i will post up the pictures showing you guys what i meant about the three missing spacers. so just in case someone else might have the same problem.
i will post up the pictures showing you guys what i meant about the three missing spacers. so just in case someone else might have the same problem.
for the record i know this is a dead post but im reviving it because i just had some similar issues what you have posted in the pics above is an r154 pressure plate and the bottom one is a w58 pressure plate. The flywheels are also different for the r154 and w58. As in the R154 pressure plate will not bolt up to the W58 flywheel and vice versa. The clutch, flywheel, and throwout bearing work completely differently between the two transmissions so none of those parts are interchangeable. However, the clutch discs themselves are interchangeable. So I just took my wrong (R154 clutch kit) and used the new disc that came with it to put my w58 back together. Problem Solved.
No, they're both R154 pressure plates. Notice how the springs go towards the flywheel side, rather than the transmission side.
Also, just so people have a way of remembering how the clutch goes in, FF. Flat side to Flywheel. FF.
Also, just so people have a way of remembering how the clutch goes in, FF. Flat side to Flywheel. FF.