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Centerforce
Clutch, Midway Industries By: Carlos Casanova Email: c69los69@aol.com (Jun-02) Make & model of car the product was used on: 1993 Audi 100S Description: Performance dual friction clutch. The only option for my 100. Part number df007006. Claims to fit all AAH engines. The big orange thing did not fit and did not come with a release bearing! I ended up pulling my engine in and out about five times. Everything went smoothly until it was time to turn the engine by hand to check for any problems. The clutch disc splines fit well, the pressure plate guide pins and bolts lined up well and the engine slid in just fine. But, when I torqued down the bell housing bolts, the engine would not turn. I slid out the engine to see if anything got stuck and there was nothing. The engine would turn until I bolted it back up. So, I removed the engine and saw orange markings on the inside of the bell housing where the pressure plate seemed to have hit. I tried another clutch of the same manufacturer and the problem was slightly remedied. It would turn only if the housing bolts were not torqued down fully. I pulled the engine out again and removed an eighth of an inch of material where it struck the bell housing (I would not recommend this to anyone, it was strictly out of my curiosity and for the curiosity of other Audi enthusiasts). I installed the engine and saw a great improvement. Now I had rotation of about seventy-five degrees in either direction. but it still struck the inside of the bell housing. I would not dare remove any more since I realized (after removing the engine once more) it was hitting the differential housing portion of the transmission. I bought a sachs clutch kit and measured the two. The centerforce was about a quarter of an inch taller than the stock unit! I bolted the sachs kit in, which by the way includes the release bearing, and had no clearance problems. |
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