Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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just got a exedy happy meal clutch and the flywheel is missing the alignment dowels. The instructions say explicitly to not install without alignment dowels. Removal of the dowels out of the factory flywheel without chewing them up is near impossible.
I searched the internet for some dowels and came up with $45 for the requisite 3. Are we supposed to to have to go through this?

the description for the happy meal said " Kit comes complete with everything you need for installation including Pressure Plate, Clutch Disc, Throw Out Bearing, Pilot Bearing and Clutch Alignment Tool. Fits 6 Speed Only."

Please help. Car is apart and I'm at a stand still til this is resolved
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Don't think I have seen one without the dowels but the way to get response is email us picture of what you got because Monday morning that's the first thing that Exedy will ask for, is the pics. So, please reply to your email receipt with those pics so we can chase that down with them on Monday.
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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here's a shot of the new Exedy flywheel without the dowels
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GWR order ref GWX7666


I decided to extract the dowels out of the stock flywheel, first I started with vise grips and prying which only chewed up the dowels, then I found a method on the internet that worked, except for the broken hammer.

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So I bought another hammer, and got them all out

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after hand filing all the maring so as to not damage the area of the pin that gets seated in the flywheel, they got pressed into the flywheel. then the clutch was installed

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Is this what Exedy intends for the buyer to do?
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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It's not what Exedy intends, don't think I have seen a flywheel where they forgot to include those....but nice job getting it done. I will have my wife add a membership award on your account for the extra trouble here.
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Thanks, figured this was an abnormalmality. What a pain.

Clutch is great though.
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Maybe next time something like this would be a better bet?

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-dowel-pins/=zfrx12
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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indeed, missed the metric varietal the first time I looked. Looks like it would only have been $10 plus the shipping going that route.

still though...
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Hi

What happened with MiataSpeedSport clutches? There's no longer available. I'm planning to buy one this summer but there no any information and their web-site isn't active :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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The SpeedSport clutches just too expensive to continue to make for the Miata market. Add something like 27 CNC machining steps in production and expensive carbon materials process and maker figured out they were actually losing money on each one we sold. Prices needed to go up a few more HUNDRED for the item to actually make money. Sadly, we looked at the numbers and figured out we didn't have enough customers for a clutch north of $1500 retail to keep it in production given min number of units needed to justify continued production.
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Re: Exedy Happy meal clutch missing parts

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Brian wrote:The SpeedSport clutches just too expensive to continue to make for the Miata market. Add something like 27 CNC machining steps in production and expensive carbon materials process and maker figured out they were actually losing money on each one we sold. Prices needed to go up a few more HUNDRED for the item to actually make money. Sadly, we looked at the numbers and figured out we didn't have enough customers for a clutch north of $1500 retail to keep it in production given min number of units needed to justify continued production.
Wow, that's too bad. I was hoping they'd make one for the 2016 Miata. I LOVED the one I had in the DP car.

Ron
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