Bought Second Hand Clutch 2.2 DCI - appears to be SMF Converted?

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chrisjbatts

Hi,

Just bought a clutch kit secondhand on ebay (I need a new flywheel and I'm not willing to pay £500).

Got it thought today and it looks different - it appears to be single mass rather than dual - I'm not complaining as it'll be maintenance free, but just wanted to confirm that was the case. Its extremely heavy - seems to be around 30kg at a guess.

I've taken a video of it to briefly show:


And this is the image from the original listing:

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261376643212?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

What are your thoughts?
 
Size looks wrong. Probably for a 2000-2003 Di YD22.

No such thing as something that fits all 2000-2006 YD engines. Also note the engine code, it's YD22DDT, not YD22DDTi which is 2003+.

If he fly does fit the 2003+ model tho that's good news! However it won't take a very big clutch disc so you're limited how much power/torque it would hold.
 
That's great, thanks for the help. I was under the impression all the nissans are all pretty standard sizing - that youtube clip on the other thread takes the clutch from a skyline etc!

Do you know how different the clutches would be between the model - I'd have thought they'd only differ in their official power rating as the earlier models were a lower HP?
 
Just a quick update on this - the SMF in the video appears to be the same one TTV racing offer.

I bought the kit on ebay with a part-worn friction plate included. The stock LUK clutch in the car at the moment isn't compatible because the clearance is too great. Interestingly the clutch included is still a Nissan OEM from a different year of almera and audi (Nissan part: 30100BN800, LUK part 324037210, Sachs part 1878600646) presumably all sold in germany, as the googling mainly leads to german sites.

Anyway, because the new friction plate didn't have much left on it, I've managed to source an OEM from deutscheparts on ebay for £30 brand new.
 
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Got the car all back together and found it was running in limp mode, turns out the crankshaft sensor is out by 3mm and its been crunched in the process! - any ideas on whether it'll take any crankshaft sensor that'll fit? - they seem to be a dumb item with nothing more than a basic sensor in, so my thinking is, as long as it fits into the wiring loom, it should be compatible?
 
Try one from a 5 speed Diesel N16. No idea if it'll work though.
 
Update: After some modding, the SMF is working perfectly.
After thinking the new flywheel was too big and had caused the chunk to be taken out of the sensor, I did some more investigation. It turned out that actually the chunk had been taken out by the old flywheel, being that worn!

As the flywheel was from a 5 speed, it turned out to have a radius of 2mm less than the 6 speed flywheel, all else was the same.

I looked at swapping the crankshaft sensor with the earlier 5 speed sensor which was longer, although the plug was different and it was 2 pin, instead of 3 pins. In the end we filed down 2mm off of the inside of the plug so that it sat further in to the casing and read the flywheel correctly.

I also replaced the clutch plate that came matched with the SMF. It was £30 brand new and seems to be a german spec that fits on an A3 and a number of nissans - Sachs 1878600646, LuK 324037210, Nissan 30100BN800 - odd but cheap!

I've now done 15,000 miles on the new flywheel and driven the car to Bosnia and Croatia a few weeks ago with it in place. The difference is extremely notable. The main thing is the extra torque. I can now go up a good sized hill in 4th gear at 1,200rpm at about 20mph and it'll accelerate - I couldn't do that at all before.

Hard to measure MPG and acceleration, although I wouldn't say either are any less.

The car vibrates marginally more on idle than it did before, but it is extremely marginal - nothing compared to an old diesel. 1st gear isn't so great - does the same sort of judder when taking the foot off the accelerator in traffic going from walking speed but then the torque just keeps the car going. The judder feels just like when doing the same thing in the old micra I used to have. Nothing serious at all.

Aside from for new drivers who don't know how to use a clutch, I'd recommend the conversion, but not for £700.
 
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