Okay, so my OEM clutch started slipping about 2 months ago and went out on a road trip. I managed to get the car back here in Atlanta and bought a stage 3 Clutchmaster's kit. I had it installed w/ the stock flywheel machined at NAPA and it was just great....for about 3,500 miles. After that, my pedal began to get very stiff, so I went back to the shop that installed it and they said the pressure plate's springs were loose. I called clutchmaster's and they aren't very keen on giving out refunds to their POS products. Anyways, when I had the car on the lift, I noticed blue heat spots on the clutchfork and the release bearing was worn on one side. I know a clutch goes in one way, but what could've gone wrong with this install to create this much heat? I put a stage 4 ACT clutch kit in yesterday (6 puck pressure plate) and a comptech 10lb flywheel. After driving it around town for several hours to break in the clutch, our club went to the mountains today. Since then I've notice my clutch pedal is sticking....Can anyone help me out with this? I'm not a clutch guy, but doesn't the slave cylinder need to be replaced or something? What could've caused all these heat spots?


Thanks everyone.

 

Sounds to me it's an installer fault. They didn't lube up the T.O. bearing well before putting it in. This has been seen before, even with Honda techs and OEM clutch parts.

 

Do you think that's what is making it stick now?

 

I'm probably thousands of miles from you reading what you've posted, but based on what information you've given, that's my first guess. There may be other issues at work here.

 

I read your post on membership and I just paid. = )

I appreciate your help, I'll tell my mechanic.

 

There is a possibility that the presure plate was improperly torqued, causing it to warp in a very short amount of time.


[QUOTE=OvErMiNd,Apr 15 2006, 02:50 PM]What could've caused all these heat spots?

 

Looks like yer gonna have to throw it out.

 

Thanks, you've all been a great help....off to the shop in 6 hours!

Since this is leaning to a bad install, how should I go about pointing out the evidence?

I'm not buying another clutch if they @#$%ed it up!!

Any suggestions?

 

I guess about all you can do is to let them feel the clutch and drive the car. Some shops won't admit any wrong doing as that would eat into their profits. I really don't know what else you can say to them. Good luck.

 

Doesnt it take more to break in a new disk than just "driving around" for a little while? ... more like a couple hundred miles?