EssForty
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The thrust washers are of different outside diameters, 44 and 40 mm., and the same ID since they fit on the same shaft. When reassembling the clutch, the 44mm goes on the drive shaft first (inboard), then the clutch outer housing, then there is a spacer, followed by the 40mm OD thrust washer and so on. Apparently, as the oil travels towards the center of the clutch assembly, it follows a path around the OD of the outboard 40mm thrust washer. Ergo, if you mistakenly put the larger 44mm washer on last, instead of the 40mm, the extra 4mm of diameter will be blocking the oil path toward the inboard part of the clutch assembly.
Hope that answers your question.
The moral of the story is to hold the two thrust washers together and put the bigger one on the shaft first, and the smaller one on last and you'll be good to go, assuming you installed everything else correctly.
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