I bought a clutch set from Thunder Racing, and it didn't come with a clutch alignment tool. Does anyone know where I can get one? I tried AutoZone and Murray's but they don't sell them individually.

 

i know pep boys sell them i bought mine from them like two weeks ago.

 

if it's the same as my McLeod ST unit, you can borrow mine.

 

i just installed my clutch the other day and aligned it by hand... got it on the first try.

 

Thanks for the ideas, any more?

 

your going to want to have one in your clutch till you get the flywheel and everything on it. go to pep boys and get it it shoudlnt be that much.

 

The flywheel is bolted to the engine first...then you stick the allignment tool into the pilot bushing/bearing and put the clutch disc over it...then put the pressure plate over that and bolt it to the flywheel...and you kinda push slightly up on the allignment tool to counterract the fact that due to weight it sags down a bit and wont be centered.

All that said...when I put the clutch in my own car I did it that way and it was really close...but it wasn't dead on. The tranny did go on...but it didn't slide up to the bellhousing as easily as I'd have liked...1 step on the clutch pedal afterwords cures that though.

I then helped a friend put a clutch in his car, and his didn't come with an allignment tool...and I couldn't find mine. Rather than worry about it (running to the store wasn't an option either as it was like 10 or 11 pm) I just did it by eye in his car and the tranny slid right in like butter...WAY easier than when I used the clutch tool in my own car, and it was right on the first time...if you look through the throwout bearing...you can snug the pressure plate on and still be able to push the disc around slightly...you just gotta make the dic itself centered over the pilot bushing/bearing...not hard at all, just put in a couple pressure plate bolts finger tight so disc can be slid around but will hold where it is when you let it go...then when you have it centered, put the rest of the in and torque it down...done.