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| kweese Member Since: 28 Apr 2015 Location: Van Posts: 62   
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Hello, I'm having my clutch redone because I seems like the bearing is faulty. Would you guys recommend redoing the flywheel? I'm asking because the part is not cheap and also, when the car is on the hoist if i dont have the flywheel it will take a few days to a week to get.
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22nd Mar 2019 9:09pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382  
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I have found that the clutch generally lasts longer than the flywheel on a TD5, and I can't really imagine circumstances where I'd change the clutch and not the flywheel.
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22nd Mar 2019 10:40pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20367
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When mine was done they said the flywheel was in good condition so it was left in situ.
I would tend to go by that, of course change all of it though if you feel a need to and a budget isn’t an issue. Although, I’d stick to ‘if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it’. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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22nd Mar 2019 11:01pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443  
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Last year I did an engine swop on my 200K 15P Td5 Defender and the newer secondhand engine came with a new clutch/flywheel/cover plate that was less than 12 months old, a bit of a bonus I thought. Less than a mile up the road on the way home from doing the engine swop we lost all drive.
Took the gearbox out the next day to find that the centre had cracked out of the friction plate so I took the one off the old engine, compared the two and there was very little difference in the "meat" on the friction material so popped that in and it's been fine for the past 15K miles. The flywheel was totally shot plus grooved and the cover plate was grooved and the spring fingers were allmost worn through but then again the date mark on that one said March 2004 so looking up the service history the motor had done around 40K miles by then so over 160K miles it was about time it had a change. |
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22nd Mar 2019 11:56pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382
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Yours is a.Puma though, not a TD5 with a dual mass flywheel. |
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23rd Mar 2019 1:38pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 933 
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Personally, given the time required and effort to pull a gerabox and do the work, I consider it false economy not to change both in a Td5. Food for thought.
Good luck. 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris) 2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Last edited by 4RF RDS on 24th Mar 2019 12:51am. Edited 1 time in total |
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23rd Mar 2019 2:59pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5166
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can you get single clutch and flywheels for these? Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
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23rd Mar 2019 5:41pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382
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If you mean can you get a solid flywheel and sprung clutch, yes you can. Some swear by them, some swear at them
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23rd Mar 2019 9:12pm |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8029  
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If on a td5 and I was doing the clutch I would do the flywheel to without question. Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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23rd Mar 2019 10:11pm |
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| 4RF RDS Member Since: 19 Jul 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 933
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Yes, there are a few custom fabricators in the UK that I am aware of. I have no personal experience with any for the Td5 however I have heard they are best for extreme off road and high performance rather than daily use. Do a search here for this if you are interested. Personally, again, were it me I’d stick with the DMF and Valeo clutch. I think a company called clutch fix has a good reputation?? Perhaps others might chime in with their experience. Cheers 2010 Range Rover MkIII Autobiography Super Charged (Idris) 2003 Range Rover Mk III (Desmond FitzWilliam) 2000 Defender 110 CSW TD5 (CTX) 1992 Range Rover Classic (Lizzy) 1972 Series III 300 Tdi (Stanwood) 1967 MGB GT Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) |
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24th Mar 2019 12:56am |
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