Clutch tools

[Ben]

Tried fitting a new clutch kit earlier, using a lasor alignment tool kit which I'd borrowed. Nothing in the kit would fit it though so I havnt been able to do it.

Can anyone recommend a tool/kit that you know will fit, they all look very similar apart from the blue draper ones (looking on eBay).

Cheers

[Tom]

Bit of bar with some tape on it lol

[Daniel306]

just align it up by eye, if not why not cut the shalft out of an old gearbox?

[Ben]

I might try and use a bar and tape yeah, would rather not do it by eye though that'd be a bit fiddly.

I don't have a gearbox to spare, wouldn't the gearbox shaft only go into the friction plate though? I thought you needed the thinner end of the bar to locate in the engine and then a slightly wider bit which located the friction plate in line with engine?

[Tom]

Aslong as its pretty much there it'll be fine :p

[Ricky]

Is the engine in the car? I did mine by eye and it worked fine but the engine was on the floor.

[Ben]

Oh I thought it had to be pretty accurate? Engines not in the car no so it is easier. I may try it by eye then, I can just see it resulting in a lot of faffing around with the gearbox!

[Daniel306]

I do mine by eye. and when you fit the box the shalft goes all the way into the centre of the fly. so you could use and old shalft

[londondan86]

Bit of bar with some tape on it lol

Exactly how I did mine!!! Short 1/2" extrntion bar with insulation tape rapped round

[HDIkyle]

Socket with tape on done it afew times like this, I'd take that tool back and tell them its shit, they always are

[CJ_Derv]

extension

[strictly_perv]

+1 for a socket, thats how I did mine.

[cwspellowe]

My Valeo clutch came with a blue plastic alignment tool in it. What clutch you fitting?

[Ben]

I got a Valeo kit from Chris on here but he didn't have an alignment tool. I'll use a socket/do it by eye,how hard can it be?!

[Tom]

I got a Valeo kit from Chris on here but he didn't have an alignment tool. I'll use a socket/do it by eye,how hard can it be?!

Its easy

[Curt]

12mm socket + electrical, done. Or by eye, or by feel