Some mangled clutch components . . . and a question. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

tankowner · #1 09-22-2009, 02:06 AM

Well, I knew when I bought the 240D that, at a minimum, I would be replacing the release bearing and I suspected that some other components would just be updated at the same time. I haven't been driving it since I brought it home, but I did take it out for a quick spin around the block the other day and the shifting was not going so well. I decided to just go ahead and drop the transmission so I could have a look and see how bad things were. As you can see, not so good.

Anyway, I already have new release and pilot bearings and will be ordering the pressure plate. What I am wondering is if I need to replace the clutch disc, too. Conventional wisdom says to just replace the whole deal now and forget about it. But, the reason I ask is because the PO has stated that he had replaced the master cylinder and "clutch" at some point. Anyway, if he really did replace something, I suspect it was probably only the clutch disc and probably nothing else. The car has 217,000 miles on it; although I don't know when he supposedly changed it I would suspect that it still has good life on it and I hate to pitch it if I could get another 100K miles out of it. The question then is, how do I determine how much life IS left on it. I know about the little tool for checking via the slave cylinder gasket gap, but I didn't do that (do not have the little tool) and now the clutch disc is out. Are there any specifications on the minimum thickness? Or something else I can look for? I can take pics of the clutch disc if that woule be helpful. Thanks in advance.