Hello Roy,

I replaced my clutch a few years ago. I have a little bit of slippage in third gear when I really get on it. I didn't change my flywheel. I now wish I had changed it. I think that this is my issue. 

Also, when I did mine, I was concerned about all of the connections to the engine, as well. So, I supported the engine and removed the transmission. I think it was way easier. But, I have a 2WD. It would probably be more complex in a Syncro (not sure what you have). 

My $0.02.

Ken

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> On May 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
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> Question 2:  Should I plan to replace the flywheel while everything is apart?
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>> On 11-May-2016, at 13:58, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNet.nb.ca> wrote:
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>> When I pulled the Hyena (�f88 Westy WBX) out of storage last Saturday, I felt what I though might have been a little clutch shudder on the way home.  I experienced a shudder twice more this week - first thing in the morning after the Hyena had been sitting all night.
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>> The van has ~@235K on the clock and, as far as I can tell from the records I inherited, the clutch has never been replaced.   I�fm guessing the actual clutch replacement is similar to my �f66 Westy, but the disconnecting and reconnecting of the engine�fs �gtethers�h is a much more involved.
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>> Given my work schedule over the next month, I�fm going to have to pay to have this done if I plan on being able to take the boy camping this summer - he�fs been playing in the Hyena every day since it came home - and that likely won�ft be cheap.   If I�fm going to shell out a very wince-able amount of cash to have the old, snarly-but-good, local guy swap the clutch, I may as well use the opportunity to upgrade to a clutch that will (should?) last longer.  
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>> I looked at an OEM (Sachs) clutch kit last autumn - because it was for sale locally - but it was stamped as made in China (not Germany).  I know parts quality coming out of China can be hit or miss, are the Chinese Sachs bits of the same calibre as those made at home (Germany)?   I have yet to find a Canadian supplier of the Luks clutch kit {I�fve read there are two Luk clutches - a �gregular�h one and a �gheavier" one intended for syncros?} or a Kennedy replacement clutch.
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>> Are there other candidates I should consider?