What are the symptoms of a clutch being put in backwards???


early gear engagement?

loose clutch play?

Harsh engagement?

Any help would be appreciated...


bruised face and ego.

 

I don't think that you CAN put it in backwards, it won't fit. a part of it will collide with the pressure plate, or something.

 

You can't put a clutch disk in backwards, if it's structurally similar to the OEM disk- it won't sit flat on the flywheel, and you won't be able to bolt the pressure plate down correctly...It's MURPHY PROOF!

 

Check your clutch hydraulics and master/slave cylinders.

 

 

It is possible to put the clutch disc backwards.
Don't ask. :P

If you do this, the transmission will not engage gear no matter what you do.

It will sound like the gears are dragging a little and make scraping noises, but it will not go anywhere.


-Ted

 

yeah it is possibly... had one put in the car backwards drove for like 30 plus miles. then alll of a sudden it stopped going in and out of gear. so yeah it is possible

 

All right, guys, I gotta call BS on that, lol...

There is no way in hell my OEM clutch disk will fit backwards in my OEM flywheel without some serious metal tweaking on the pressure plate- the damn thing sticks up at least 1/2" from the flywheel machined surface if you even try it...And at that point you should realize something is seriously wrong...

 

i know at rotary revolution there was somebody outside the hotel trying to put their clutch back in since the dual disk clutch they had turned out to be in backwards.

 

This is for turbo.
I know the NA runs a differently designed clutch and flywheel system.


-Ted

 

Well, I don't know it is in backwards...

But I messed something up.

It doesn't want to go into gear, and the clutch pedal is a lot looser. I bled the clutch, but it will occasionally get stuck on the floor.

When I try to push it in gear, it tries to engage without fully being in gear and without the clutch being let out.

When I first started it up, after i let it warm up for a few minutes, there was a smell of burning when I tried to engage the clutch.

 

Any other ideas???

This sucks, I'm 21 years old, work two jobs and go to school, and I had to steal my moms car. What a mess.

 

Well, chalk it up to another "live and learn" episode and break into her again...We all go through things like this when we first started out figuring out what a wrench was...

The burning smell would be indicative of the disk not doing what it's supposed to be doing, I guess...The big beefy spring part should go towards the flywheel on the disk, and make sure you "cross-torque" the pressure plate down, to alleviate any uneven stresses during install...

Didn't think the turbo setups were that different, Ted

 

Correct - NA clutches can not go in backward - the pp will sit about 1 inch above the stops, the bolts are not even long enough (for a sane man) to even start in the holes

 

I don't think the words "sanity" and "rx-7" even fit together in the same sentence, mr Gadget, lol...

And thank you, I needed someone to verify that I wasn't having delusions on this particular topic

 

it is an NA,

The pressure plate is on there right... I think. I adjusted each bolt little by little.

And wayne, it has already been chalked...

Speaking of chalking, I found a really cool tool call and extension and a swivel. But I guess I'll invest in a power gun to try to get it done faster.

It takes about a week working two to three hours a day, and just really wanted to have it done after this past week. I'll break it open again on monday at @ 5:30 am and see if I can't find the problem.

Any advice on getting the tranny back on. Last time I was pushing it up and in with my hands, directing the rear with my left knee, and pumping the jack with my right foot. If there is an easier way, (I can do by myself) it would be tight if someone let me in.

 

On the clutch,

Racing beat street/strip... It looks exactly like my oem clutch but whatever.

There are two sides, One side has a raised center (more than the other side) does this go to the pressure plate or the flywheel?

Also...

any idea why my clutch would be getting stuck to the floor?

Thanks, I work at a junkyard during the day, and they are all amazed at the loyalty of rx7 owners to other rx7 owners. I just wanted to say thanks for the help, and you people are the reason I haven't bought piston in the past four years and three cars.

 

one question, did you machine the flywheel?

 

could be clutch fluid...
my FIRST rx (and my only car at the time) decided to deposit the contents of the clutch fluid reservoir on the driveway one night... It felt a lil weird on the way to school, and eventually I ended up in 4th gear flying through the parking lot ... Good thing these cars have good handling... Then some guy tried to steal my parking spot and I was forced to hit neutral and pull the ebrake LoL...

 

No, was I supposed to?

 

No, was I supposed to?

 

No, was I supposed to?

 

haha, triple post.

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i think your rubber on the slave cylinder is worn out and is letting fluid leak past it..thsi is why your pedal stayed on the floor...YOU CAN NOT bleed this...1st get a new cylinder and see it that works...also..make sure your clutch FORK! is in right,,they have been know to slip a little....check the small stuff 1st before you pull your tranny out!

 

And if that's the case, the slave cylinder is ~18USD from nopionline.com