http://www.elantraxd.com/DIY/clutch.php

not the RD but could be of some help. I thought about the DIY AFTER i did the clutch, so sorry for the lack of pics.

 

<span style="color:#000000">^^ That's a great DIY for our cars mang!</span><a href="http://www.thegraphixlab.com/Curt/clutch_diy.doc" target="_blank">
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http://www.thegraphixlab.com/Curt/clutch_diy.doc
Figured I'd repost this link because the link was jacked up.

 

Figured I'd post a few pix. Here's a picture from left to right, Throw Out Bearing (TOB), Presure Plate, Clutch Pad, and the flywheel. Usually the flywheel would be held on the engine by 6 12pt bolts. I pulled it off so I could put on a new one.



Here's a picture of my old worn out flywheel next to my new re-machined perfect flywheel. You can make an old flywheel look like a new one by resurfacing it for about $40. The one on the right used to look like the one on the left when it came out of an elantra, now it's beautiful after a good resurfacing job.



Just so you know, that's how a glazed, slipping flywheel looks. It's been slipped by spraying nitrous one too many times.

 

You guys amaze me with your expertise! I am just a car enthusiasts, but definitely no mechanic. While I have the mentality that the best to understand something is to break it apart and study it, I am not that adventurous to lay a screwdriver into the mechanical aspects of my car. If I needed clutch work, I definitely would seek out professional help. LOL. Thats just me though.

 

Us Elantra guys know some stuff too.

DIY
http://www.elantragtclub.com/elantra/id523.html

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ShadyShifty @ Jun 25 2007, 09:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You guys amaze me with your expertise! I am just a car enthusiasts, but definitely no mechanic. While I have the mentality that the best to understand something is to break it apart and study it, I am not that adventurous to lay a screwdriver into the mechanical aspects of my car. If I needed clutch work, I definitely would seek out professional help. LOL. Thats just me though.</div>
I hope you're not talking to me. I'm just an enthusiast just like you with resources mang. I've got tools and knowledge. I've never been to school to be a mechanic.

 

Thanks DTN. That was an awesome write up you reposted. Should make anyone be able to change their clutch.

 

No credit goes to me mang... I just found it on the internet. Credit to the people who wrote it.

 

ok, sorry to bring back such and old post, but i needed some info.
would a slipping flywheel cause the rpms to go up and not the speed, or do i just need a whole new clutch?
thanks, this will save me alot of time and money if i only need to machine the flywheel, but if not its always good to know.

 

a slipping flywheel? that doesn't make much sense.. the flywheel is attached to the crank.. if its slipping, the clutch disk is worn out, you need to put a new clutch in.

it COULD possibly be a worn out pressure plate, but even IF, <span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%">and thats small IF</span>, you would want to replace the entire system at the same time.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>this will save me alot of time and money if i only need to machine the flywheel, but if not its always good to know.</div>
WRONG. it wont save you a moment of time.. to get to the flywheel, you have to take the clutch off, it would only cost more $, not take more time.

but you need to get a new clutch kit, and re-surface the flywheel at the same time.