Chevy Cruze Clutch Kit with Pressure Plate and Disc

A full clutch kit for the manual-transmission Chevrolet Cruze, 2012-2013, and also the 2014-2015 cars with the 1.4T or the 1.8L. It replaces OE reference 04275 and comes with the pressure plate, the friction disc, the pilot bearing and a plastic alignment tool.

Sizes for checking against what is in the car: the pressure plate is 10-7/16 in., the disc is 9 in. with a 20-spline hub on a 15/16 in. input shaft. Measure the old disc before you order. The Cruze ran more than one clutch over its life and a wrong spline count will not slide onto the input shaft.

Replace the clutch when the pedal engages high and the engine flares on a hill, when you smell it after a merge, or when the disc chatters on takeoff. On these cars a slipping clutch often shows up first as a check-engine light with a misfire-looking code because engine RPM and wheel speed no longer agree.

On the bench: this is a transaxle-out job. Support the engine from above, drop the subframe enough to pull the transaxle, and inspect the flywheel while you are in there - resurface it or replace it, because a heat-checked flywheel will chatter a brand new disc within a week. Clean the input shaft splines and put a light film of high-temperature grease on them, no more than that, or it slings onto the friction face. Center the disc with the alignment tool, tighten the pressure plate bolts in a cross pattern a few turns at a time, and replace the throwout bearing and the slave cylinder while the box is out.