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 Post subject: button clutch ed xr6 t5 box
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:09 pm 
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ed xr6 with au engine & t5 box
is it possible to disengage "button clutch"?. is it an external linkage/hydraulic ?
or inside box itself. sons car has one in it & would like to have a standard
heavy duty clutch.
ed xr6 with au engine & t5 box.just finished engine swap,
now the clutch. btw, why in the hell would
anyone have a button clutch on road car.
I drove it & I hated it.clutch wear real quick
I would assume.
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 Post subject: Re: button clutch ed xr6 t5 box
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:25 pm 
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You need to remove the gearbox and change the clutch, there is no other way to do it.
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 Post subject: Re: button clutch ed xr6 t5 box
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:54 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
why in the hell would anyone have a button clutch on road car. I drove it & I hated it.clutch wear real quick I would assume.
They aren't much use on stock engines. More suited to performance engines where clutches are likely to slip with the extra torque. They aren't much fun in crawling traffic.. :lol:

 

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