I put in a new clutch and pressure plate. After getting everything back together, I had to deal with the starter. After finally getting the starter working properly, all I heard was a wiiiinnnee-ing noise. No crank! I can clearly see the starter was making good contact with the few teeth it connected with. So I checked to make sure the flywheel was spinning freely. Nope! I know for a fact that the flywheel was spinning when I installed the new clutch and pressure plate. All Fiero owners should know what a pain in the ass it is to get a damn clutch off! So I guess I'm going to hammer back into it tomorrow. THUS, my question for you guys: Is it possible I may have ordered the wrong pressure plate and clutch which may be binding my flywheel in the casing? Or could my throwout bearing inside the casing have came loose binding my flywheel? Or do you guys have any other suggestions?

I felt like itchin. I would really appreciate some insight on this. Thanks!

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'87 Fiero GT

quote Originally posted by brbrealfast: heard was a wiiiinnnee-ing noise. No crank!

Welcome to the forum! sounds like your starter is not engaging the flywheel....

Some pressure plates, although the bolt up and seem to fit, are not the right dimensions and will bind things up. If the flywheel won't turn the pressure plate is likely hitting the bellhousing some place. Larry

quote Originally posted by brbrealfast: No crank! I can clearly see the starter was making good contact with the few teeth it connected with. So I checked to make sure the flywheel was spinning freely. Nope!

quote Originally posted by Gall757: Welcome to the forum! sounds like your starter is not engaging the flywheel....

I bought a eClutchmaster stage 2 from ebay. Any suggestions on a stage 2 that might work?

Are you putting it in a stock 1987 Fiero GT? If so, you don't need 'Stage 2'...

And I can certainly GUARANTEE that eClutchmaster does not actually make clutches, where as Luk(Centric) does.

And 'Stages' are just marketing buzz words used to sell clutches to people that know every line of all the F&F movies...

[This message has been edited by carbon (edited 01-10-2014).]

Sure enough. I could see where the clutch was hitting the bell housing. I should have looked into it a little more. The distributer of the clutch I bought it from has a bull **** return policy of 10 days after purchase and a 30% stocking fee including shipping! It took 5 days to get here!

That some bull.
Any other clutch suggestions?