Hmmmm I dont know what to do, Its for a Rav4 but the principle is the same....
For £450 I can get a LUK DMF, Clutch, Clutch plate and release bearing...... The SMF kits vary from £100 to £450????![]()
An LUK smf kit is £300 so for the extra £150 should I get the DMF? it should last at least 50k miles right?
As for vibration, I have always had vibration at low rpm or when the engine is under load, accelerating in 5th, Which im starting to think was the DMF at fault for a long time, probably so when I bought the car with 65k on it, now has 90k and has failed, the DMF was making scrapping noises, so I pulled it out.....
I read reviews of the smf`s causing vibrations etc....but I had the same with the DMF.....??
Will a new DMF give me a silky smooth ride....??
I just dont know?
Rav4 eat clutches and flywheels. Me mothers is on her 5th I think at around 109k miles. We put a blueprint kit in for £180 parts. Would have liked a luk one but that's all I could get in the short time I had.
No change in driving, she says it's better than before!
Mother needs to keep her foot of the clutch when driving, And might need a few lessons
No springs in the DMF's Ive seen, the 2 parts are bonded with a sort of rubber sandwich. the rubber breaks up and produces the dust which fecks the starter motor on the TransitWell mine made it to 90k.....Seems DMFs are a weak point on all vehicles nower days...
My clutch and clutch plate are ok for 90k miles, It seems like the springs have worn on the DMF, probably due to no lubrication, ie I cannot detect any grease in it at all, all that came out was lots of clutch dust, no doubt the grease has long gone, and the internals were just rubbing on clutch dust....its as dry as a bone, metal on metal squeaks......
where did you get the blue print one from? and was this SMF
Apparently they improve fuel consumption amongst other things
DUAL MASS FLY WHEELS
Think ill go for the dmf at that price it would be rude not to....a branded smf is not far off the same money...
Another interesting point made was that....most dont notice any difference with the smf as there origional dmf had fail damping effectively some time ago......hence they gradually get used to the vibrations etc.......I can relate to this.(mine may have been past its best when I bought it on 65k)......I would be gutted thou if the new dmf made no difference![]()
Hi any recommendations for a solid flywheel kit ?Most people wouldn't notice the difference tbh. You hear horror stories about broken cranks and smashed gearboxes due to vibrations but I suspect most are unfounded.
If you go for a SMF, make sure the clutch plate is designed for SMF use. If so the damper springs will take the vibration out before the drive goes to the box.
A side effect of going the SMF route is improved acceleration in 1st and maybe 2nd gear. This is due to the lower inertia of the lighter single mass flywheel.