Clutch help please

[NickL]

So this is in my e36 (sorry).

M50tu, getrag 250. Dual mass flywheel. Should I be able to move the front half of the flywheel while the rear half stays stationary? Does this indicate a bad flywheel because the sprigs in between are shot? Or is that what it's supposed to do? I only have experience with the single mass flywheels.

Should I convert to a single mass at this point? How would I go about doing that?

Thanks guys.

[GunMetalGrey]

I'm going to go ahead and say that it should most definitely not spin freely on itself.

[NickL]

It doesn't spin freely but with barely any force I can move it so there's no way that's correct. Hopefully just going to convert to a single mass setup. Just not sure what t/o bearing to run etc.

[Varinn]

What transmission and what flywheel are you planning to run?

[NickL]

I plan to keep the getrag 250. Can I convert to a single mass setup or do I need to find another dual mass flywheel?

[e30gentry]

If you mark the outside of the flywheel surface and outside of the part that is stationary you shouldn't have more then 2" of play I remember correctly. Dual mass flywheels are amazing street driven and the weekend race car though.

[Link]

I just installed a brand new dual mass flywheel on my s52 with a m3 tranny and there was a tiny bit of a "wiggle" between the two pieces. Now driving the car with no issues yes. Only 30 miles on the swap so far.