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2013-14 Shelby GT500
Ace clutch and correct bearing shim.
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<blockquote data-quote="Softballer77" data-source="post: 14917744" data-attributes="member: 151898"><p>This will probably be pretty long:</p><p></p><p>The measurements I gave up top were given to me by Darrell at Ace. Once he saw the pictures he immediately said "we sent the wrong shims". HOWEVER,</p><p></p><p>Later on after he did some research, he mentioned how he may have been incorrect. SO, we got a new bearing installed and installed the new clutch. According to the instructions and with using the "Bearing Setup Tool", you setup the tool by placing it against the diaphragm fingers on the clutch (installed). This gives you the standard measurement to go by. You then place the tool after it has been adjusted up against the transmission and bearing. You should have 0-1/8" of of space between the tool and the bearing face. If it's not, you add or subtract shims. </p><p></p><p>Now, with all that being said, using the smaller black shim that Darrell said was supposed to be used, we had to add tons of other shims just to get it close and it still wasn't close enough. So we put back in the thicker 1.00" aluminum/silver shim, and used (1) 0.050" spacer with it. This gave us our distance of about 1/16". Now before, we had a bigger shim and (2) smaller shims. </p><p></p><p>To me, this isn't that big of a difference from how it was before; however, the feel of this clutch compared to how the other one was brand new is like night and day. I know...it's easy to notice since the last one was so worn, BUT it was only 3 months ago that the other one was installed. So I remember very clearly how it felt. The old one also had a small amount of chatter at launch. This one has NONE. It engages about mid to high and when it grabs, you certainly know it. The other one when it was new did NOT grab like this one does. </p><p></p><p>I've driven it about 50 miles today, and it feels awesome. Time will tell, but for now it's great. So just to be clear, one 1" shim, and one 0.050" shim. Now the triple disk may require a different shimming. I don't know. Darrell could tell you. They just sent me a whole new kit even though it is fully rebuildable. I'm going to send the old unit back so they can further analyze it and maybe determine if there was something else wrong. Customer service was still top notch even considering. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]45443[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]45444[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Softballer77, post: 14917744, member: 151898"] This will probably be pretty long: The measurements I gave up top were given to me by Darrell at Ace. Once he saw the pictures he immediately said "we sent the wrong shims". HOWEVER, Later on after he did some research, he mentioned how he may have been incorrect. SO, we got a new bearing installed and installed the new clutch. According to the instructions and with using the "Bearing Setup Tool", you setup the tool by placing it against the diaphragm fingers on the clutch (installed). This gives you the standard measurement to go by. You then place the tool after it has been adjusted up against the transmission and bearing. You should have 0-1/8" of of space between the tool and the bearing face. If it's not, you add or subtract shims. Now, with all that being said, using the smaller black shim that Darrell said was supposed to be used, we had to add tons of other shims just to get it close and it still wasn't close enough. So we put back in the thicker 1.00" aluminum/silver shim, and used (1) 0.050" spacer with it. This gave us our distance of about 1/16". Now before, we had a bigger shim and (2) smaller shims. To me, this isn't that big of a difference from how it was before; however, the feel of this clutch compared to how the other one was brand new is like night and day. I know...it's easy to notice since the last one was so worn, BUT it was only 3 months ago that the other one was installed. So I remember very clearly how it felt. The old one also had a small amount of chatter at launch. This one has NONE. It engages about mid to high and when it grabs, you certainly know it. The other one when it was new did NOT grab like this one does. I've driven it about 50 miles today, and it feels awesome. Time will tell, but for now it's great. So just to be clear, one 1" shim, and one 0.050" shim. Now the triple disk may require a different shimming. I don't know. Darrell could tell you. They just sent me a whole new kit even though it is fully rebuildable. I'm going to send the old unit back so they can further analyze it and maybe determine if there was something else wrong. Customer service was still top notch even considering. [ATTACH]45443.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]45444.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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