Subject	My Clutch Fail
Posted by	Onyx Z32 on September 08, 2010 at 2:22 PM
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Message	Some background: I drove on this clutch in the summer of '06 and '07 - Never had an issue. 3+ track days, 1 night at the dragstrip, 20k miles max maybe? Stored the car for '08 and '09 (and as of now, most of '10 too) and moved it once in a while, driving it maybe twice? Never a problem starting until this spring when the clutch went to the floor and wouldn't come back. The car sat outside for a few months in the snow before moving it into the shop. Clutch is a Southbend DXD full-feramic with SS pressure plate. Pulled the trans and the damn thing was stuck to both the pressure plate and flywheel... material from the disk looks like it melted or rusted to them. The only thing that doesn't really fit with it just rusting is there looks to be a 'burn' ring around the PP and some color changes that make me think it might have slipped at some point? Also how would there only be one small ring where it rusted? Uneven pressure on the disk? Either way, looks like I need a new clutch, lol. It's just funny that I've never seen anything like this. Any ideas guys? Pressure Plate: Disk: Flywheel:
Follow Ups	My Clutch Fail - Onyx Z32 14:22:50 09/08/10 Re: My Clutch Fail - supermario680 14:28:20 09/08/10 Please go to your profile and find the check box that - Multi_Read (MO) 14:32:07 09/08/10 You beat me by 2 seconds. :-) (n/m) - Dave N 14:33:16 09/08/10 It doesn't matter if you win by 2 seconds or a mile.... - Multi_Read (MO) 14:37:55 09/08/10 Yup, I missed a shift....or something like that. :-) (n/m) - Dave N 14:43:06 09/08/10 Haha... (n/m) - rave 15:29:43 09/08/10 Re: Please go to your profile and find the check box that - supermario680 14:37:49 09/08/10 Its no problem, its on by default for some retarded reason. (n/m) - Multi_Read (MO) 16:29:24 09/08/10 I've heard of this happening to higher preformance - Halo TTZ 14:58:07 09/08/10 Yeah, but I would have thought more of the disk would have - Onyx Z32 15:10:10 09/08/10 Looks like a piece was "Stuck" on there maybe? - zfreak(Dallas) 15:00:36 09/08/10 It was almost "glued" together and we needed to pry - Onyx Z32 15:13:34 09/08/10 Time to get an RPS (n/m) - Adam (NoVA) 15:23:12 09/08/10 I feel so bad for advising my good friend to get - nonstopna 15:39:58 09/08/10 I actually really like this clutch. Like I said, I tracked my car - Onyx Z32 16:26:31 09/08/10 Sat for so long? Ive had my car down for months, and it was - Got a Birth certificate?? 16:32:39 09/08/10 Yeah, 3 years it sat with maybe 20 miles put on it. (n/m) - Onyx Z32 16:58:45 09/08/10 I've seen RPS Clutches fail with low miles on them. Yes, - MixManMash 17:00:19 09/08/10 Maybe the old rps when it first came out, I had a problem - Got a Birth certificate?? 17:03:53 09/08/10 Seen it happen within the last 2 years on 2 RPS clutches - MixManMash 17:13:18 09/08/10 Mine is starting to go out on the black car, - ConVerTT 17:40:16 09/08/10 I've seen 2 RPS Max clutches fail as well, properly adjusted - Ashman2k2 18:48:49 09/08/10 Re: My Clutch Fail - 1990 tt 15:44:14 09/08/10 I only launched twice on it, but nothing crazy. (n/m) - Onyx Z32 16:36:00 09/08/10 With rediculously low miles**** - Spddracer 16:51:50 09/08/10 I actually email you yesterday too, I'll try again. I just replied to - Onyx Z32 17:02:09 09/08/10 About 20k (20,000) total miles on the clutch, 20-miles of which were over the past 3 years. - Onyx Z32 17:42:12 09/08/10 I was replying to you and 1990 TT - Spddracer 18:32:52 09/08/10 Re: With rediculously low miles**** - 1990 tt 18:51:16 09/08/10 My Southbend Feramic did the same thing - outkaZTT 16:59:37 09/08/10 Ah, that does look like the same problem, but - Onyx Z32 17:07:47 09/08/10 Oh, and did it damage your flywheel at all? Did it resurface fine? (n/m) - Onyx Z32 17:10:16 09/08/10 Yes, it did the same thing to the flywheel too (n/m) - outkaZTT 20:38:50 09/08/10 My feramic is still holding up I think - Drk93TT 20:37:31 09/08/10 member 1990 tt had that exact situation with his Feramic - vorpalZ 17:41:55 09/08/10 VorpalZ, does your feramic clutch ever chatter? (n/m) - nismo_boost31 20:10:49 09/08/10 not that I've ever noticed, no (n/m) - vorpalZ 20:21:26 09/08/10 Why do they make clutches out of this stuff - Timmay 23:47:15 09/08/10 It works fine when used properly. - Spddracer 08:17:42 09/09/10 Sorry to see that. - induetime 01:26:38 09/09/10 The one feramic SB clutch I installed came with a warning - nissanguyz32 06:45:14 09/09/10 It's also how quickly you release the clutch when - XTZ 16:22:28 09/09/10 Hey Scott, How's your DXD-F 6 puck doing? (n/m) - Spddracer 19:27:47 09/09/10 Fine, the last time I drove it. It's been in the shop since - XTZ 20:36:55 09/09/10
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