My clutch has been slipping for months now and I am finally ready to get a new clutch and I decided on the KY stage 3 clutch, but my questions is will I need to buy a new flywheel or can I just resurface my stock flywheel?

Could my flywheel be damaged to the point where it can't be resurfaced?

Also, do I need to get the TOB/Slave with the KY stage 3 clutch?




Thanks in advance guys!

 

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You can resurface your flywheel as long as there is enough to surface down.

But honestly in my opinion, if you're putting something new in and it's a vital part of the car, why not put a new one in? I got a new one for $80. New to new surface would be better. That's what I did and I don't regret it one bit. Just takes a bit to get use to once its installed. It's grabs ASAP. Took me a bit to get use to the on/off feeling of it. Also get the tob. If you have everything ripped apart it makes sense to replace that aswell.

 

Yes agreed^^ you'll need to rather resurface your flywheel or get a new one, I got a new OEM flywheel from ZZP. I hope you got the KY Clutch with the TOB it's very important to replace all these items. I also recommend to replace your flywheel bolts, I had to buy mine at the last minute and spent $84 at the dealership for all 8 bolts :/ not to mention 75w transmission fluid for manual transmission, airing out the transmission etc. Make sure you do it right the first time otherwise it will haunt you later on down the road. After when your done installing the clutch make sure to go easy on it for the first 500 to 1000 miles (meaning low RPM shifts up to 3000RPM and no low or hard pulls) this is by far the most important thing you should keep in mind when it comes to babying the new clutch otherwise you'll get that annoying chatter that some have talked about.

 

Hell I babied mine for 350-400 miles and hammered it. Mines fine. Lol.

 

You don't need to go overboard babying it. The key is that you need to bed it in, just as you do any other friction surface. That means embedding some of the friction material from the disc into the flywheel by using it. The thing to be careful of is that if you get the new clutch too hot too quickly it makes hot spots and glazes the flywheel. That's never ever a good thing. But at the same time, baby it too much it'll take a loooong time to bed in. They key is to find a balance and use it without abusing it.