I have over 140,000 miles on my '04 TL. A few months back, the clutch started to slip on quick acceleration. When my wife was driving it, it started slipping bad, so she got off the main road as quickly as possible, which, unfortunately was on a fairly steep, uphill road to a parking lot. At that point, the clutch died in a smoking mess. By the time I got there, the car wasn't moving at all when in gear.

I'm going to purchase a new clutch kit (pressure plate, disk, and throw out bearing), new flywheel, new slave cylinder, and a new braided clutch line. I'm looking at Luk, from partsgeek.com, for the clutch kit and flywheel. Any reason I should consider other parts instead? The car is stock, so I have no need for part that can handle more horsepower or torque.

Does anyone know if the Luk flywheel is a dual-mass flywheel, like the stock?

I know one can expect some chatter when replacing the dual-mass with a non-DM flywheel. I experienced that in my Infiniti G35 when replacing the stock flywheel with a lightweight flywheel, but it doesn't affect the driving experience (just makes more noise).

 

I may have found my answers over here: https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-performance-parts-modifications-112/6mt-oem-clutch-flywheel-question-848906/

Sorry, I did search before, using the forum search, but it is difficult to tell the relevance of the results. A Google search was more helpful.

So, I think the Luk flywheel is a dual mass flywheel. Partsgeek does not say, but I will send them a message (or call) to ask.

 

Didn't see it listed, but should be in the "kit", pilot bearing.

 

Luk is the manufacture that makes the OEM clutches for Honda/Acura so I would imagine it would be

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ghlight=CLUTCH
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Someone is selling a clutch kit on the blackmarket for $150.

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/3g-tl-oem-clutch-kit-912123/

Might save ya some dough.