Hello everyone,

So I've found an option to buy a used Exedy Twin + a new throw out bearing for about 1000$ (with taxes and getting it to my door, a new one costs me approximately 1800$ for reference - Europe sux ). Anyway I found a twin that's lying around at a local shop. The claim is that it's been used for about 500 miles.

I inspected both the front and rear discs and the cerametallic seems to be thick pretty much like new, except it has slight indentations at the sides of 2 pucks on the first disc. Like a bit of the metal was missing - I couldn't take any pics cause my phone is not at it's best at the moment, but hopefully I can add them. The pressure side seemed to be slightly colored already - meaning it wasn't 100% shiny metal anymore but it shows that it was used slightly, no marks of any serious high temperatures, cracks, indentations or anything similar - basically just shows that the clutch started working.

Anyway, considering the price - is this a worthy investment? Because even if I have to do a rebuild soon - a full one with both plates and pressure plates, it would get me around 150$ over the price of a new one to my door.

I'm asking now - before I go buy it - is there anything in specific I can be looking at to get a good idea how good the clutch still is and your opinions on this!

Thanks a lot guys!

 

dont do it. especially the twin discs..... those clutches are nothing but trouble.

 

Care to explain the statement? There's half of these forums using them...

 

me personaly i hate the twin disc. My friend bought his brand spankin new after 2 months it was done. I am now running the act hd 3200 for a year and 1/2 100 and 100 launches and still PERFECT!



good luck, its your money

 

Well your point is that you prefer the single disc... Right now I have a helix sprung 6puck disc in there and honestly... It's awful. My car shakes like an epileptic when starting from a stop with just the slightest uphill, it whines like something is going to die when I fail to _PERFECTLY_ match the revs when shifting and so on. I wrote an explanation about what my option is and I was hoping for some quality feedback & experiences about that. And you prefer the ACT because your friend toasted a twin. On the other hand - there's half of these forums that have 100 launches on their twin and it's still going strong.

 

6 puck is the worst clutch you could possibly get for an Evo. The twin disc is one of the more populare/reliable clutches for the Evo. ineedparts, if your friend had it 2 months and shot it already, then that guy doesnt know how to drive. The twin disc has held up against VERY high hp. I use to run one in my RS when I have over 500hp and almost 500tq. I use to beat the **** out of that car and nothing was ever wrong with that clutch. If you plan on racing your car, you want ATLEAST a twin disc. The signle is a POS. At the shop Im at, almost all of our high hp cars (customer cars) have the twin disc, if not, a triple carbon.

As the last person said, its your money. Do your research before you make you decision. IMO, people who burn out twin disc's in a short period of time do not know how to drive. Those clutches are almost bullitproof.

 

I just realized you were talking about a used one. You will have to buy a rebuild kit.

 

It's been used for like 500miles. Nothing seems to be wrong with it apart from what I wrote in the original post that I noticed. The guy sold the car without it, that's why it's lying around.

 

Yea, I didnt even read your post until just now. Id have to see the picture of what your explaining. Did the shop say why they were selling it and why it only had 500 miles on it? That doesnt make sense. Cuz that means they barely even broke it in.

 

I picked up my twin disc used for a similar price and am pretty happy with it (tilton, not exedy and on a fresh rebuild). I would pick it up and either rebuild it or be ready to pull it back out and rebuild it in case it wears a little fast on the used discs.

 

The guy who had it in the car smashed it and sold it as a crashed car afaik. I'll try to get some pics today.

Btw is the part # located anywhere on it so I can figure out if it's HD or SD? And if it's SD, is it possible to make it a HD when I rebuild it (and yes... I will rebuild it as much as I know myself )

Thanks for the comments guys !

 

I think its way too risky buying a used clutch. Its the one part Id NEVER buy used. The chance of it not working properly and having to do the nightmare job of another whole clutch install would just be terrible, not to mention all that money down the drain. If you arent making a whole lot of power and you are worried about cash, just get an ACT, I had one and loved it and for the money, cant beat it.

 

No you misunderstood me a bit maybe. I want this clutch, I'm just deciding weather to buy this one or a new one since the price for this one + a rebuild kit is about the same as buying a new one. So in translation - if it works fine I saved me 800$. If it doesn't I break even minus 1 clutch install job which in Slovenia I can get done for approx 250$-300$. Labor here is much less valued than in the US. If I was in the US right now, 2x clutch job doesn't justify the price + rebuild.

 

you cant buy one from the us and have it shipped?

ive seen HD's go for 1400 here

 

Ok, well I would definitely go for a new one. Yes more money but knowing you are getting brand new shoudl be worth it