The Suzuki Swift is a hugely popular car on Irish roads and specialist Asian and American components supplier Blue Print offer a comprehensive range of parts and repair solutions for this vehicle.

Blue Print offers more than 80 different parts for the Suzuki Swift including filters, braking and transmission components. It can also provide solutions for common problems which arise. For example; in order to secure the pressure plate assembly, the dual-mass flywheel, or DMF, (Part no. ADK83053/ADK83054) has threaded holes all the way around it. As the gap between the primary and secondary masses is extremely narrow, only screws that are 13 mm in length can be used. If longer screws are used, the screw thread protrudes through the rear side of the secondary mass and fouls the primary mass. If this happens, the DMF may not function correctly. All the engine rotary vibrations will be transferred to the gearbox/driveline without being dampened, creating noise and premature wear.

The spline profile on the clutch disc may also be damaged through this process, stopping power from being transferred. Blue Print warns that if new fixing screws are provided when replacing the clutch or DMF, these screws must be used. If no screws are provided, only M6x13 screws from strength category 10.9 can be used.

Details of the full range of Blue Print engine components can be found on the Blue Print LIVE! catalogue www.blue-print.com/blueprintlive.