Those springs simply wear out after a quarter of a million miles or so depending on the driving conditions the car has endured.

Not to worry, but you may want to pull the flywheel and get it resurfaced along with new pp, disc, to bearing and pilot bearing.

If you are on a very tight budget and the flywheel is not too worn you may be able to get by for a while just by replacing the disc.

The recommended proceedure is to replace the parts and plane the fw.

Tom W

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