no wonder my clutch was slipping!

[DISLEXICDIME]

Well I pulled the trans and the car has a brand new valeo clutch but! It is covered in gear oil!

 

 

The front trans seal was as hard as a rock look how nasty the bell housing was.

 

 

Now I can't decide if I want to use the napa pressure plate or clean up the veleo pressure plate and use it with the napa disc. Since the valeo disc is soaked with gear oil.

[banzai510(hainz)]

what tranny you have?

When this happen to my 521 about 5 months ago I bought all the last 4 front seals from nissan ,what they told me.

my 521/510 4 speed is the same as the 200sx 77-79 seals.

 

rock auto does have a listing for 3 front seals.

best to get a caliper and pull the seal intack if poosible and measure.

 

I would just get a new disc.

 

paper sand the friction ressureplate & on the flywheel surface

 

I got some spare Asco(asin) disks from importrp.com cheaper than the Daikens but still made in Japan. the veleos are Korean what I remember but be honest they look good also

[DISLEXICDIME]

That's the 4 speed in my 1200. I thought once the clutch disc got soaked in gear oil it would start to brake down.

[DRIVEN]

I'm with hainz. Throw the pressure plate in the parts washer, scuff it up, buy a new disc, replace the seal. Rock-n-roll!

[ggzilla]

Oh man I just replaced mine with a new Valeo (works great!) but didn't realize the oil came from the front seal. I thought it was excessive grease from the prior install...

 

my 1200, partially wiped down

 

new valeo disc vs grease-fouled disc

It never slipped, but it was grabby, never smooth.

[ggzilla]

I used the existing pressure plate with the new disc. The plate and the flywheel had no burn marks on them however.

 

Looks like Nissan has the seal, cheaper than Rockato:

* 32113-H3100 SEAL-oil, front cover

[DISLEXICDIME]

I just put the whole clutch kit in. I all ready had it.

 

The napa pressure plate takes less foot pressure to engage the clutch. I am guessing the valeo pressure plate has more clamping force.

 

It is so nice to be able to accelerate in 3rd and 4th with out the clutch slipping.

 

Ggzilla yours might be greese mine was a mix of greese and gear oil. The seal was rock hard and letting oil creep up the input shaft as it spun and filled up the throw out bearing and sleeve with gear oil and flung it every where.

[Morrisun]

There is also a RING-'O' under the FRONT COVER part# 32112-18000, which you found when you pulled the front cover to replace the seal for the front input shaft-these also become brittle, something you may want to replace.