New clutch less meat than old

[tommmtom]

Hi guys...

Has anyone come across this:

Rebuilding my engine and got to the clutch last night. The brand new friction plate (not bought from Nissan) is about 0.5mm thinner than the old plate. As far as I know this clutch has never been replaced and the engine has done 100,000+ miles....

Is it just a case of better quality friction material being used in new clutches so less is needed?

Cheers, Tom

 

[skymera]

What K11? 1.0, 1.3, year etc

What clutch kit did you buy?

 

[tommmtom]

It's a CG13 (1993) in a mini

It was a kit that contained the pressure plate, release bearing and friction plate. Not sure of the brand

 

[frank]

^ is why i only ever fit partworn oem/factory fitted parts

 

[tommmtom]

Should I just keep the original friction plate and replace the pressure plate and release bearing?

 

[frank]

what make is it tom ?

 

[tommmtom]

Hey frank I'm not sure (not at home atm) but it was a cheapo one off eBay :/

 

[frank]

best refit the factory friction plate then imo tom

 

[tommmtom]

Okay mate you reckon I'll be fine using the new pressure plate and release bearing with the old friction plate?

 

[frank]

best to make a judgement on those by intuition mate, cheap friction material sucks tho