I've known for a while I need a new one, but now it's time to get it. My car is bone stock, so just plain old OEM will do, or I did some searching and an Exedy OEM was also recommended. The Exedy is ~$110 on Amazon. I've never bought from Amazon. Would you buy a clutch there? Or where is a good place to buy one (majestic honda?).

I also found this post by good ol' RonJ while searching

My car has around 150,xxx miles on it so I figure replacing those things is wise, too. But about the flywheel. Is it worth it to buy a new one, given the mileage?

Is there anything else I should look into or replace?

 

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If I would have to do this all over again I would 100% get a lightened flywheel. I loved it. It was awesome feeling it. Though I had to send my flywheel back once cause it arrived cracked. Have to watch out for that with a lighter one. I ran a stock exedy clutch and an XTD 8lb flywheel.

 

The Exedy OE replacement kits are good. They come with everything you need for a good price. I highly recommend it. As for the fork, you probably don't need it, it is something to inspect when everything is off though. The exedy kit comes with a new bearing IIRC. The rear main seal is optional. If it isn't leaking, you might be ok leaving it as it is. The reason some recommend replacing it while doing a clutch job is because everything is apart and it could be good to replace it to save it from leaking for another 150k miles.

 

So I ran into a bit of a problem....

There are pegs that come out of the new XTD flywheel that are too big for the Exedy OEM clutch/presssure plate. On the old flywheel, the pegs look like they were cut off or somehow were made to sit flush with the flywheel surface. The screw holes on the pressure plate line up on the old and new FWs

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new flywheel



one of the pegs I'm talking about



Old FW, you can see the pushed in pegs. Upper left...Upper Right...and bottom center



EDIT: So the old flywheel wasn't done/resurfaced properly.....

The new XTD flywheel lines up with the screw holes and pegs of the old one, and bolts up to the engine just fine. The pressure plate lines up with the alignment pegs/pins and with the screw holes on the new flywheel, but the alignment pins/pegs (whatever you call them) are still too big to fit in the holes on the pressure plate.

 

New info.