I've always bought a brand new clutch Kits from Repco, cheap as chips <$100 and have had no stress at all, unless your going massive HP and are into rev-dump-baggit gig..

my A15+ FS5W60A setup using 160j clutch plate and cover. A15 flywheel was machine and new hole n thread was made to fasten 160j cover. minor mod to withdrawal lever needed. this setup was good compared to original setup, less clutch slip.

when i did the clutch on my a15 racer (60 series 4 speed) i talked to the blokes at exedy and he told me that the vannette and all a12 and a15 clutches all cross reference to the a12 one anyway. that bloke wasnt too helpful and sugested a clutch suited to the direct opposite use i wanted it for anyway. (one of the purks for working for supercheap auto)
when i upgraded to the 63series 5 speed i took the gearbox and flywheel and thowout bearing to the local clutch specialist. it took them a week and i had a fully custom built cerametalic 5 puck cushion button clutch and pressure plate for the sum of $340 including a flywheel machine.

hey pigdog you wouldn't have the part number for the HD vanette clutch handy.

the guys at repco aren't the most helpfull people when it comes to finding parts for anything other than a ford or holden.


thanks for all the suggestion guys

actually, the vanette one is a different pressure plate part number to the rest of them as it has more clamping pressure stock

to a HD vanette clutch should actually be heavier than a HD for a 1200

but then if the guy ordering the clutch is cluey enough you can actually get a pressure plate with more clamping load than a HD for around the same price

the a14 heavy duty is the same as the a12 and a15 heavy duty by major manufacturers... daikin etc. unless they actually custom make one such as boofheads, they are the same one. so a clutch specialist wont provide much other information other that what bearing to possibly use but even then they probably wont know as the a series 5 speeds are seldom seen for many a year.

Go to a clutch specialist & ask for a heavy duty clutch to suit an A14. This is what I used for years with no problems other than normal wear. this should give you a slightly heavier clutch pedal, & better clamping. As for the flywheel,use the A12, as they are usually slightly lighter than A15 flywheels.
The longer throwout bearing housings are usually needed due to the greater distance from the front of the bellhousing to the front 'bulkhead' of the A14 4 speeds & 5 speeds, plus that horrendously thick & heavy plate that goes between the block & the gearbox. I usually take this plate out & use the clutch cover from a sunny auto gearbox, which has the larger holes for the 8 mm bolts on the A14 boxes. I don't know what using the longer bearing housing would do, probably only cause the clutch pedal to contact the diaphram a bit sooner, but then again it might cause the diaphram to go overcentre. I do know that putting a short housing in when you should have used a longer housing causes great distress, as you then have to pull that *****N* gearbox back out to fit the right one .

a12 fly already lighter than a15 so i would suggest that one. mine is a12 fly supposedly but they look the same, only way to tell would be to weigh it.

when i looked at the clutch book there were only 2 listings for the vanette, one for a12 and one for a15....both the same part number for the pressure plate though
so should be right just saying that you want a vanette clutch

is there any particular vannette year or engine that i should quote when ordering the clutch, which one did you use?


does anyone else have any suggestions?

i'll go and weigh the two flywheels that i've got and use the lighter of the two.

anyone got prices for getting their flywheel lightened, location in the south eastern suburbs would be good to.

spoke to one place and it was $40 to machine the clutch face + extra (?) to lighten it.