Pinto Car Club of America

I was going to replace the clutch disc (only) from my T/C. I ordered a rebuilt from Autozone. It didn't seem a whole lot thicker than the original one that had 150K on it.  According to the Haynes manual the friction material to rivet depth should be at least 1/16". Well this "rebuild" falls far short of that. By the way, it was a rebuilt Valeo.
Anyone have any experience with a Dakin clutch. I assume it is an OEM replacement for the T/C. Rather than cushioning springs it seemed to use round rubber inserts. Never seen that before.
  The car I got my bellhousing out of yesterday seemed to have had a recent clutch job (the Dakin).  I could have gotten both the disc and pressure plate for $17. They showed little wear and no heat marks.  The seemingly bogus Autozone disc alone was $45.
  As a side note, I got the wife new rear shoes for her Mazda MPV.  The "new" shoes I got from Autozone mic-ed out the exact same as those in the car with 70,000 miles on them. What a rip.  It sure seems like rebuilders go through a pile of cores, find those with "some" life left, clean them and resell as rebuilt.
Tom

I only go to Auto-Z for free part's. I don't buy anything from them, they charge to much. Fred   :)

Actually I found them to be the cheapest, most knowledgeable and polite.  That said I'm getting tired of (all) the stores selling stuff that isn't much more than 10% better than what I removed.  Clutches that don't meet minimum depth for rivets, brake shoes that equal those with 70,000 miles - rotors that are only .003 over the minimum... .  I once got new rotors for my wife's Intrepid. From the same store one came from China and the other from Canada. And frankly the one from China looked better than the one from Canada. Neither was more than a few thousandths over the limit.

Anyway, back to clutches.
Tom