aluminum flywheel/solid disc clutch

[sam c.]

Originally Posted by j.fro

Was your clutch from Spec? Same thing happened to me - ordered sprung, but solid showed up. And, they had to get the solid back before they'd send me the sprung one. UGH!

As J points out, Spec will produce a sprung disc. You just have to be sure to specify that's what you want. Even though their description clearly states it's a sprung disc and even though the vender's description very likely says the exact same thing, you will get a solid disc. The problem is when you order it, you have to specify your type of vehicle. Everyone will look at that order and assume you want a solid disc just like OEM calls for. All that business about double hung spring blah blah blah that they make such a huge deal about in the their descriptions and close up pictures etc goes right out the window the second you tell them you drive a Box. You have to deliberately go through the hoops to make sure everyone in the supply chain knows that you want a sprung disc. If you don't, you'll be stuck waiting for your disc, realize its wrong when it gets there, make a bunch of calls and get all pissed off, mail the disc back, and then have to wait again while they modify it and send it back to you. It sucks.

[sam c.]

On the plus side, though my vendor and/or spec dropped the ball on shipping, the price was decent ($425) and they were all really awesome about the wanting to help correct the situation. The problem on my end was just timing but honestly, I'll probably give them another shot when I pull the solid disc back out next winter to swap in a sprung disc. Spec also offers an aluminum pressure plate that I might just try out too.

[j.fro]

I think you hit the nail on the head in your description of the "process" at Spec!