wrxsubaru Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 Iam been trying to find it but i cant find any O ecept in the serial #. Were is it comonly placed, what side of the preasure placte, do after market companies use difrent letters, or marks to indicate the unbalance point? THANKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherskip Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 the oem pressure plate that i bought had a yellow spot of paint on the outside (transmission side) edge to mark the unbalance point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frag Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 What is the «unbalance point» and what's its function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherskip Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 the unbalance point marks the part of the pressure plate and flywheel where there is "residual unbalance" as the service manual puts it. basically, you want the point on the flywheel to be at least 120deg away from the point on the pressure plate so they will cancel each other. now how you can get machined casting like a flywheel to have a signifigant imbalance is beyond me... 7000 miles on the clutch and whatever i did seems to be working find... nice and smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frag Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Thanks Skip. There's a yellow paint mark on the pressure plate I received from 1stSubaruparts. So this must be it. Am I looking for a similar paint spot on the flywheel? And since we are talking about paint spots, there is a green paint spot on one side of the casing of each strut I also got from them, and a blue paint spot on one side of the piston also. What am I to do with those paint spots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherskip Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 when i was taking everything apart, i marked a bunch of alignment marks on the pressure plate and flywheel (sharpie makes new metallic markers which can mark on dark surfaces - they work great). when i initially looked, i didn't see any marks on the flywheel. but when i looked again later, i found one on a few of the teeth on the edge. but i basically just lined up the dot on the new pressure plate with the dot on the old one... as for the struts, i've haven't attempted those yet, so i can't help you there... maybe in a year or so! my only advice would be to make note of what you are taking apart, looking for any paint/reference marks, and try to match the new to the old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frag Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Makes sense. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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