i dont really see how a PP can cause crank play unless its not balanced perfectly?

 

I have over 35k on my old ACT clutch without a glitch . Also my clutch switch is not jumped . The only reason why ACT decided to update the clutch was because people were pointing the finger at them and making FOOLISH accusations . From what i understand the newer clutch feels almost exactly the same as the old one . And so people know there have been crankwalk issues on oe clutches .

 

Sucks but yeah as others have said ACT clutch is def not to blame for it. Just the most commonly used clutch.

 

I have an act clutch in mine and I've had everything that could happen, happen to my engines..... except crankwalk. I left that back with my DSM days. I don't believe the bad rap that act is getting... or maybe that's denial

 

All clutches with a stiff pressure plate will do the same thing. It also has alot to do with the way you drive. If you sit at a stoplight with your foot on the clutch your grinding the crank into the thrust washer and this will cause it to fail.

 

No, the revised one came out, what, a year ago or so? And, as someone else here already pointed out, Ryan I believe, it was done because people like you who were quick to point the finger without knowing anything about what actually causes crankwalk and taking a handful of owners with crankwalk and assuming that since they (mostly) all have the same clutch, that's what caused the crankwalk while ignoring far more people who never had a problem. Hell, at that point, with that kind of evidence supporting the conclusion, we may as well come to the conclusion that the rear defroster was guilty of causing the crankwalk because all the cars with crankwalk have it.

 

even the stiffest clutch on the market will not cause crank walk/thrust damage. You can sit at a light all day long w/the clutch in and this will not happen unless there is an oiling problem.

The fact is that most of these motors burn oil and its not hard to get oil starvation, as long as there are no OILING problems there will be no damage regardless of the clutch. Do you really think the force of your foot is anything compared to the forces that are already going on inside an engine..?

 

I agree completely. It usually comes down to an oil problem

 

Never have ran low on oil. I check everytime I fill up the car. I change the oil quite often in the summer months. Didn't get the chance to pull the pan today. Hopefully this week sometime I can get out to the shop

 

Even if it is an oil problem changing the clutch out to another stiff clutch will not fix the situation.