i bought a t56 conversion kit and it came with a clutch and stock flywheel. i know i have to buy an aftermarket flywheel, but i' m running a little low on cash and was curious if i could simply resurface the part thats between the clutch pad and pressure plate that looks like a rotor? and than by a new clutch pad. someone told me i should by a whole new assembly pressure plate and clutch pad, etc but the money issue comes into play is there another option?

 

does anyone know if there is a way to renew a clutch rather than buying a new one . like buy pad and resurface it .

 

You can have the flywheel resurfaced at a machine shop if it's grooved or has small heat cracks in it. You can also just replace the clutch disc, however if the springs in the pressure plate are weak you will just smoke the disc again & possibly wreak the flywheel beyond resurfacing. Years ago garages would rivet new linings onto brake shoes & clutch discs, but I have not seen that done anywhere in the last 20 years or so.

 

the t56 conversion came with a centerforce clutch but i don't know the mile on it. so how do i check to see if the springs are bad?

 

The spring (in a factory type clutch, it's actually just one spring, which is a Belleville washer; which is a huge dome-shaped washer, that the spring action is from flattening the dome) hardly ever goes bad. Most often, the reason a clutch slips, is that the friction on the disc has worn down; and as the friction gets thinner, the spring has to push the pressure plate farther and farther, and it runs out of tension the farther it goes.

I'd say, if the disc doesn't look burnt or like it's been slipping during its past use, then the pressure plate spring is probably OK too.

Hard to say how long it will stay that way, of course; but if it came to you in good shape, you should be able to get at least a few more miles out of it.

 

if they were used with each other the use them again with no change to anything. they are worn to each other. changing the flywheel surface is only needed with a new clutch.

 

i have a new flywheel should i buy a new clutch?
or
use the one it came with?

 

what's better a factory oem pressure plate or a centerforce one. which one tends to wear out faster?

 

if i sent a picture of the centerforce pressure plate top view could someone tell me if it looks bad or is it something you have to have in front of you to disect it?