So my clutch / flywheel need replaced! This is my 4th manual Honda over the last 20 years, and first with a transmission issue.

As confirmed by many posts here the OEM flywheel from Acura seems to be made of unobtanium. My quote was $2250CAD for the flywheel alone (my mechanic sourcing it via the Acura dealer). Online I find similar amounts.

I would like to source a flywheel and clutch kit, and have my mechanic install it. I don't race, this is a daily driver, with occasional spirited driving moments.

I was looking at getting:

• SPEC Aluminum Flywheel SA40A-2
• Exedy OEM Replacement Clutch Kit HCK1012

Does that seem sensible? Or is there a better recommendation that any else has.

Car is a 2012 TL 6MT with 120K kms (75K miles) in excellent condition, I have had the car for the last 15K. Overall the car had been driving exceptionally for a 10 year old car, slight oil consumption, but I have just stayed on top of that.

 

My mistake, please move to the Problems and Fixes forum!

 

You can opt to resurface your original flywheel.

The flywheel is a dual mass. It has the damper springs built into it. The clutch disc itself is unsprung.

So if you buy an aluminum flywheel...and then pair it with a factory style unsprung disc....you've just installed something that's going to make the car unpleasant to drive. It will chatter and make standing starts difficult to perform smoothly.

I think rockauto might sell OEM dual mass style flywheels, if you want to try to get something less expensive than factory.

As with any Honda...buy the pilot and release bearings and HT urea grease from an Acura/Honda dealer.

You also need to use the Acura self adjusting clutch tool (dealer, unless you can find it elsewhere) to do this properly.

 

Thanks! This is becoming a crash course of flywheels. Adding the confusion is how many posts adamantly state that you shouldn't/can't resurface a dual mass flywheel.

Unfortunately RockAuto and others don't appear to have any OEM dual mass style flywheels for the 4G. Everything I seem to find is a lightweight flywheel (steel or aluminum), or the $2K OEM replacement via one of the online Acura part sites.

Options seem to be pointing to OEM through one of the Acura part sites/dealer or seeing if I can find out if my flywheel can in fact be resurfaced. (unless there are other clutch to flywheel pairings that are suited to daily driving)

 

I use a drill and a nylon paint stripper brush to resurface flywheels at home.

With the OEM clutch's organic friction material, this almost always works. Unless you've worn the clutch to the point where metal is digging into the flywheel (massively unlikely).

A tech should be able to do this, as lots of people use the same trick.

Its good practice to buy a rear main seal while you're doing the clutch, BTW (I would trust only a dealer sourced genuine Acura/Honda seal).

The self adjusting clutch tool is like $500-700USD. Which hurts. But you can always sell it after your tech is finished with your clutch...or even offer to let the tech buy it off you.

 

Looks like I found an OEM Flywheel from a wrecker. It will be paired with the OEM HCK1012 clutch package.

Since it was inexpensive it serves as a bit of a hedge, my mechanic can consider the resurfacing the current flywheel or just using the wrecker flywheel.

Thanks for the rear main seal recommendation! I expect it will just be a cheap part cost with labor already being done with the transmission work.