Stan944

Sorry to repost this question but I didn't get a good answer, and the thread was flooded with other issues (relevant and interesting, but distracting from my question)...

I need to know the order of placing the shims and rings for the clutch throwout bearing. Neither Hayness, Clark’s Garage, nor FSM address this issue. When I removed the old one, I found FEWER rings than came in my kit from Pelican, i.e. 1 shim ring vs. three.

Here is the order on the OLD clutch, listed from the rear of the car, towards the front:
throwout bearing
toothed ring
teeth of the pressure plate
shim-like ring
thick ring
snap ring

My kit came with 3 shim rings, not just one, hence my confusion.

To mate the components nicely, I would put them in the following order:

Throwout bearing
1st shim ring
Toothed ring (with the teeth pointing to the front of the car)
2nd shim ring
teeth of the pressure plate
3rd shim ring
thick ring
snap ring

I would appreciate comments on this issue.
Does the presence of the rings affect the point (in terms of depressing the clutch pedal) when the clutch disengages?

944Ecology

Put the shim rings all together. Start with 3, and, if you can't install the snap ring, remove one, then try again.

The purpose of the shim rings is to remove play between the TO bearing and the pressure plate.

gb

Stan944

Thanks,
Where exactly should I put the shim(s)?
Should I stack as many as possible, or as many as needed to get rid of play?