Okay, so here is the situation, i have a auto e30 325i that i am going to manual swap. I have everything, there is only one last thing that i might have to buy, which is why i am here posting about it
So far i have an eta getrag 260, it is the late style, because it has the holes drilled for the aluminum bracket, yet it came off of a dual mass flywheel, indicating it has a deep bellhousing, not only that, but i already measured it and indeed it is a deep bellhousing.
Now here is the thing, i have a single mass flywheel for it, it is an "i" flywheel, and it will work as my e30 is an 89 so it does not need the bump for the sensors on the bellhousing. I also have a stage 3 spec clutch for it, also for a single mass flywheel.
But i have read and read on multiple different pages about running an eta trans on a single mass flywheel. And so far, i have found the answers, but they arent quite convincing.
Everybody says that if you are running this setup, you need to run a thicker throwout bearing, and it makes sense, ive seen pictures of the length differences in both clutch setups and yes there is a difference in length, but looking at different posts, everywhere it says the 323 throwout bearing needs to be used, but then half of the people that are posting it say they have used the stock configuration without problems. Yet nobody has posted saying "hey! I used this bearing on a single mass flywheel with an eta deep housing trans and it worked great"
Instead all i see is people saying stock bearing works great, and others arguing about how it "shouldnt" work
I have a brand new throwout bearing for stock configuration, but i have no idea if itll work, its a 50/50 with everything that ive read, i dont want to do it twice but so far i am in a dilemma of :
I have the stock bearing, i use it it works, or, i end up with clutch disengagement issues
Or i buy the thicker bearing, and it works fine, or its too big and it causes a clutch preload situation causing my new clutch to spin ever so slightly but enough to cause issues. I am about 1000 dollars into this and i really do not want to have to spend an extra 70 dollars on a bearing that i might not even need
I need to hear an answer from a person who has used that has used that thicker bearing, using a single mass on an eta trans with deep bellhousing.
What needs to be done? Ive searched everywhere and tried to find an answer before posting but had no luck
Is there anybody that has a definitive answer that has tried both methods? Direct me to a link or tell me about it
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
So far i have an eta getrag 260, it is the late style, because it has the holes drilled for the aluminum bracket, yet it came off of a dual mass flywheel, indicating it has a deep bellhousing, not only that, but i already measured it and indeed it is a deep bellhousing.
Now here is the thing, i have a single mass flywheel for it, it is an "i" flywheel, and it will work as my e30 is an 89 so it does not need the bump for the sensors on the bellhousing. I also have a stage 3 spec clutch for it, also for a single mass flywheel.
But i have read and read on multiple different pages about running an eta trans on a single mass flywheel. And so far, i have found the answers, but they arent quite convincing.
Everybody says that if you are running this setup, you need to run a thicker throwout bearing, and it makes sense, ive seen pictures of the length differences in both clutch setups and yes there is a difference in length, but looking at different posts, everywhere it says the 323 throwout bearing needs to be used, but then half of the people that are posting it say they have used the stock configuration without problems. Yet nobody has posted saying "hey! I used this bearing on a single mass flywheel with an eta deep housing trans and it worked great"
Instead all i see is people saying stock bearing works great, and others arguing about how it "shouldnt" work
I have a brand new throwout bearing for stock configuration, but i have no idea if itll work, its a 50/50 with everything that ive read, i dont want to do it twice but so far i am in a dilemma of :
I have the stock bearing, i use it it works, or, i end up with clutch disengagement issues
Or i buy the thicker bearing, and it works fine, or its too big and it causes a clutch preload situation causing my new clutch to spin ever so slightly but enough to cause issues. I am about 1000 dollars into this and i really do not want to have to spend an extra 70 dollars on a bearing that i might not even need
I need to hear an answer from a person who has used that has used that thicker bearing, using a single mass on an eta trans with deep bellhousing.
What needs to be done? Ive searched everywhere and tried to find an answer before posting but had no luck
Is there anybody that has a definitive answer that has tried both methods? Direct me to a link or tell me about it
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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