Junglie Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Hi, So today was supposed to be A Big Day. Mating the V8 and gearbox prior to fitting them. But. This does not look like the clutch in the manual. Well, more specifically, that centre bearing doesn't. I appreciate there's a clue written on it, but I was assured when I bought it (a fair while ago) that it would fit. It, um, doesn't. I have removed that circlip and pulled out the middle but I can't see any way of removing it. Am I snookered here or is there something simple that I've missed? I hope the latter, suspect the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave88sw Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 What box are you using? I believe the p38 manuals used a concentric slave cylinder. I don't think that clutch will work with anything other than a p38 gearbox/bellhousing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglie Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 23 minutes ago, dave88sw said: What box are you using? I believe the p38 manuals used a concentric slave cylinder. I don't think that clutch will work with anything other than a p38 gearbox/bellhousing. R380. And that suddenly makes a lot of sense. Annoying but not entirely unexpected - at least the clutch was basically free with a flywheel, so it's not cost me anything but time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 18 hours ago, dave88sw said: What box are you using? I believe the p38 manuals used a concentric slave cylinder. I don't think that clutch will work with anything other than a p38 gearbox/bellhousing. Only the diesels. But the V8s use a diaphragm thst gets pulled instead of pushed, which you have here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 As above, that clutch will only work with a P38 bellhousing and clutch fork, as it pulls instead of pushes. If you use a gearbox from an older model, you need the clutch to go with that. There's no way I see to adapt it to work. The BMW diesel in the P38 uses the same method, just a bit smaller diameter. It's the BMW Freelander that has the hydraulic release bearing. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 What they all said - I fell foul of this too having bought a P38 clutch only to discover none of it fits a non-P38 bellhousing... thankfully the answer is to fit a standard clutch setup complete, I would not even bother fitting a 2nd hand clutch anyway for the small cost of a new one it's not worth having to do the job twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglie Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Thanks guys. @FridgeFreezer you're right - the clutch came with the flywheel so seemed easy to use. I'd normally use a new one and obviously am doing so now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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