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Message: <blockquote data-quote="2slo95fiveoh" data-source="post: 1210532" data-attributes="member: 8966">UPDATE!!Well my aluminum flywheel finally came in, so last night I started tearing it apart to replace the clutch and flywheel. I didn't take a bunch of pictures along the way (probably because I didn't want to be there all night), but I did take the parts comparison picture:<a href="http://s444.photobucket.com/user/Mustang1619/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131001_200942_zps6d18605e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq163/Mustang1619/Mobile%20Uploads/20131001_200942_zps6d18605e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>I can definitely tell the weight difference between the stock and new aluminum flywheel. The clutch seemed to be more worn down on the pressure plate side, rather than the flywheel side like I was expecting. Either way it was just an a** hair above the rivets, so that explains the slipping/smoking.Then when I was getting ready to put the transmission back in, I noticed something that looked a little off...<a href="http://s444.photobucket.com/user/Mustang1619/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20131001_201147_zps5f7127f1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq163/Mustang1619/Mobile%20Uploads/20131001_201147_zps5f7127f1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Yup, That's the front bearing retainer, separated into two pieces.. I have no idea how it happened, or how long it's been like this. I thought the last couple times that I've driven the car, the clutch seemed to have a heavier pedal effort to it than usual, so perhaps this has something to do with it if the 'sleeve' portion was riding back and forth with the throwout bearing. Who knows. So I ordered a new bearing retainer from D&D performance. At $130 I didn't think it was too horribly priced (especially for a TKO). I paid another $10 in shipping so I will see this piece on friday. In the meantime I put everything back on that I could, so all I'll have left friday is installing the trans, h-pipe, and driveshaft and I should be all set.  Questions/Comments welcome.</blockquote>