Ok, so here is a long story leading up to a short question, or three.
With ~ 190,000 miles on the clock, my clutch is just about at the end of the road. After a bit of shopping around, I purchased an Exedy stage 1 clutch, which should be a perfect match for me, as I don't intend to do anything too wild to the engine, but want to know that I can beat on it a bit without worrying too much about it holding up. I also got an ACT Streetlite flywheel.
I then started asking around to get a price for installing it. Sadly, the vast majority of the shops I asked won't touch the job unless they supply all the parts. Since I have a bad CV shaft, which is covered under warranty, and will be a free replacement, AND I already purchased the clutch and flywheel, that is out of the question.
I did find two shops that would install for me, but I don't really trust either of them to do the work properly, and the price was a good bit higher than I was expecting, so it looks like I'm going to be installing the clutch myself.
This is bad in a way, since I live in a Condominium complex, and doing that kind of job is against the rules. However, the only thing they can really do to punish me is charge me $50 for violating the rules, which is a small fraction of what it would cost to have the work done in a garage. The other small problem is that I've never done a clutch before, but I have the FSM, and I've watched a few Youtube videos, so I think I'm in good shape.
On the positive side, since I'm doing the work, not only am I saving a ton of cash, but I also have the opportunity to do some other work while I'm in there.
My front rotors suck. They were no good a year ago when I got the car, and they aren't any better now. They're gouged up pretty good, and warped as well. I suspect that the calipers aren't really in great shape either (the back ones were absolutely garbage, and I wound up replacing them both when I did the back brakes), and with 190,000 on the wheel bearings I know that I'm just going to end up replacing those as well.
Since I'm going to be doing all this work, and will have to buy rotors, calipers, and wheel bearings too, this is as good a time as any to do a ROH conversion, and upgrade to the bigger rotors.
After doing a bit of searching around for the appropriate Honda wheel bearings, and Acura hubs, I discovered that TAS has a hub / bearing package for the ROH conversion. So, first off, will this work with the big brake Acura set up? Secondly, has anyone used it, and how did it hold up? Price wise, it's about comparable to what I'd end up paying to buy the bearings, and hubs separately, and then have a shop press them together for me, and they come already pressed together.
Finally, if I go this route, once I beat the existing hub / bearing out of my knuckle, will I be able to clean the knuckle up good, and install the new hub / bearing without having it pressed into the knuckle, or will I still need to visit a shop to get it installed?
With ~ 190,000 miles on the clock, my clutch is just about at the end of the road. After a bit of shopping around, I purchased an Exedy stage 1 clutch, which should be a perfect match for me, as I don't intend to do anything too wild to the engine, but want to know that I can beat on it a bit without worrying too much about it holding up. I also got an ACT Streetlite flywheel.
I then started asking around to get a price for installing it. Sadly, the vast majority of the shops I asked won't touch the job unless they supply all the parts. Since I have a bad CV shaft, which is covered under warranty, and will be a free replacement, AND I already purchased the clutch and flywheel, that is out of the question.
I did find two shops that would install for me, but I don't really trust either of them to do the work properly, and the price was a good bit higher than I was expecting, so it looks like I'm going to be installing the clutch myself.
This is bad in a way, since I live in a Condominium complex, and doing that kind of job is against the rules. However, the only thing they can really do to punish me is charge me $50 for violating the rules, which is a small fraction of what it would cost to have the work done in a garage. The other small problem is that I've never done a clutch before, but I have the FSM, and I've watched a few Youtube videos, so I think I'm in good shape.
On the positive side, since I'm doing the work, not only am I saving a ton of cash, but I also have the opportunity to do some other work while I'm in there.
My front rotors suck. They were no good a year ago when I got the car, and they aren't any better now. They're gouged up pretty good, and warped as well. I suspect that the calipers aren't really in great shape either (the back ones were absolutely garbage, and I wound up replacing them both when I did the back brakes), and with 190,000 on the wheel bearings I know that I'm just going to end up replacing those as well.
Since I'm going to be doing all this work, and will have to buy rotors, calipers, and wheel bearings too, this is as good a time as any to do a ROH conversion, and upgrade to the bigger rotors.
After doing a bit of searching around for the appropriate Honda wheel bearings, and Acura hubs, I discovered that TAS has a hub / bearing package for the ROH conversion. So, first off, will this work with the big brake Acura set up? Secondly, has anyone used it, and how did it hold up? Price wise, it's about comparable to what I'd end up paying to buy the bearings, and hubs separately, and then have a shop press them together for me, and they come already pressed together.
Finally, if I go this route, once I beat the existing hub / bearing out of my knuckle, will I be able to clean the knuckle up good, and install the new hub / bearing without having it pressed into the knuckle, or will I still need to visit a shop to get it installed?
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