Originally Posted by
MRLRCR
Got a quick question for you guys, I recently got my NT1 a few weeks ago and built it up, the car is unbelieveable. But the problem I came upon was that when setting the clutch, endplay I think it was, the one with a reccomended gap of .6-.7 mm of play, I could only get .45mm of play. Now I am using the O.S. 12TZ 3port. Has anyone else running this engine had this problem, what do I have to do to fix it?
Hi MRLRCR,
Yes, it sure is a great car.
You need make sure you don't mixup "end play" and "clutch gap". These are 2 different settings on the clutch.
First you start off by setting your clutch gap, which as mentioned is .6-.7. Remove the large bearing behind the clutch bell and then assemble the clutch. The bell should have alot of play. This is what you measure and then shim at the front of the bell where the bolt is, to adjust your clutch gap. If you are not reaching .6-.7, then the collet behind the flywheel is too high. Xray has one that fits perfect.
Once this gap is set, you then put back the large bearing and set your end play. These shims go behind that same large bearing. You want to get this anywhere between .08-.15
Hope this helps.