alright since this is my first time hands on with rx7s i need help with my clutch we are putting it on as i speak but theres a gap between the pressure plate and the flywheel where the pegs are that it wont sit flush with it is that normal? or bad...i have no idea if it is or not my haynes shows it sitting flush with the flywheel but it is bolted on.. will it go down once i bolt it in or what. i wanna know before i go tighening down the bolts that i have it right and it wont bend my pressure plate.

i can get pictures if i need to

 

any one...need to know kinda soonish only have a few mins left to work on it..

 

You need to crank the bolts down. The pressure plate is sprung and holds pressure on the clutch disk when bolted down. The P Plate can't put pressure on the clutch until you preload it by bolting it down.

 

by polting it down with enough force it should just slide strait onto the flywheel thats how ive done it

 

dang now we found that the 3 of the bolts work but 2 just slide in and out of the bolt hole..what sizes are used for the pressure plate to the flywheel

 

Make sure you're not doing what I accidentally did. I was putting my clutch back on and it didn't seem to be fitting correctly, then I realized that I was trying to put the clutch on backwards, turned it around and it fit a lot more flush than it did before.

 

yeah i am it said flywheel this side that side is what its on..

But my bolt problem still remainds some fit tight..some just woble in the hole

 

If you have an N/A clutch two of the bolts are different, make sure they are in the correct spot.

 

can any one just post a picture of what the bolts look like so i can find them i have like a huge box full of bolts that came with the car.

 

Cell Phone Pic. These are the turbo bolts.

 

^ These are all turbo?

For N/A there are 4 are straight up bolts, two have a taper (correct terminology?) in them before the threads. The heads look the same, grade 10.

 

i found bolts that say 9 on the top its taper it fits

 

I could have sworn they said 10...in fact I can't think of a FC bolt that says 9 on it...

 

Mine say 10.

 

i honestly have no idea what to do now some fit some dont and u take it out and try again and then it doesnt fit..i cant find half the bolts

 

At this point you have two options.

1. Put up a WTB add on the for sale section and get 6 bolts. Ensure that they are from an N/A. Ensure they come with the correct washers.

2. Go to a Mazda Dealer and get new bolts and washers.

Next time buy a box of sandwich baggies and a sharpie.

 

well now its worse one of the bolts broke off.

 

i bought the car like this with 4 boxes of parts and bolts..for 450..

 

Good ole cross threading. Just grab another one on the forums get it resurfaced and replace it. This time, wiggle the pressure plate flush, its an extremely close tolerance fit. DON'T force it. Then tighten the bolts hand tight if you're not sure where the "tapered" ones go. Oh and make sure you're using the spline tool.

 

i'm just gunna take the hole car and motor trans and all to rotorsportsracing and have them install my motor and every thing i cant do it =/

 

i believe in you

 

good info my clutch just came in so i will be doing the clutch job tommorow morning.

 

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