I knew the car had been setting for a while since it was 13 years old with only 58k miles on it when I bought it. Do you think the grease could of dried up in that period of time?

 

Is that original from factory? How many miles.

If the grease had dried up your clutch would probably have binded up a bit, I dont think grease would of damaged the pp like that.

However I am curious about this myself.

 

Not sure if it is a OEM clutch, I'll know more today when I get it out of there. I was losing daylight yesterday and it was getting too cold for me to be out there. I bought the car back in July and it had 58000 miles on it. The car fax showed four owners, the last three only had the car for a month at a time. So, I haven't a clue what to think.

I would like to know if the grease could disappear over time while it just sat there. I'm just happy I got it off, now the real bear will be trying to get it back on and everything hooked back up right ><

 

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/104...gaging-clutch/

reminds me of what happened to me lol

 

Yes, grease will dry up over time. Looks like one of the springs in your friction disc popped out and wreaked havoc on your PP. Show us pics of the friction disc once you get it out.

 

Looks like an exedy disc. Generally those spring retainers won't crack/break unless the clutch has experienced a number of hard launches/clutch drops. So if it wasn't you, then the previous owner more than likely beat the piss out of this clutch.

 

It was the OEM PP, not sure about the disc since I can't see any markings on it. I'll post pics later today when I figure out how to get the transmission back up in there.

On a side note, I can't believe how light the stock hood is ><

 

I'm about 99% sure that's an Exedy disc with an Exedy pressure plate. (They rebuild OEM PP's so they all say HONDA on them) If you can get a few good side shots and back shots of the throwout bearing, I can tell you if that is an OEM bearing or not. From the looks of it nothing was properly greased with the right grease when this kit was installed. I don't see any wet grease anywhere. I'd make sure your throwout bearing guide on the tranny isn't all galled up from lack of grease.

 

This happened to my AP1, clutch disc and pressure plate were OEM.
The pressure plate had two splines that were bent about a half inch in towards the disc.
Apparently, my release fork had come loose from the retainer/spring and had banged into the pressure plate, bending the fingers in which caught the spring, busting it loose.