Clutch toast in 4,000 miles

[mitsugst95]

I had tranny rebuilt and a Clutchmasters HDSB from extrememotorsports.com installed early this year. about 1 month ago, I noticed a higher pitch whine when cruising and found out by just depressing the clutch the slightest bit (not disengaging it) it would go away. about a week ago, on the interested in 5th i punched it and the clutch slipped, then a few days later 4th, now 3rd. the release point is very high now also and it slips between gears a bit but in first and second it holds fine and higher in the rpms in 3rd it will be fine. Is the clutch toast for sure, is it possibly a throwout bearing problem, and is it possible just to replace the disc, or pressure plate.

thanx in advance

 

[Cirus_93TSI]

chances are the disc is shot, the pressure plate should be fine, did u get the full face street disc or did u get the race disc thats not full face? cause my friend had a clutchmasters 2500lb that he ordered from import direct and it came with the race disc, the clutch lasted about 4-5 months of daily driving and racing, he blew his tranny the gear it threw hit the pressure plate,so we pull it off and the clutch disc had about 2 days of life left on it

 

[mitsugst95]

yea now its totally slipping every gear, im pretty sure its the street disc, i didnt put it in but it definately wasnt a 4, or 6 puck disc

 

[set3422]

Originally posted by mitsugst95
yea now its totally slipping every gear, im pretty sure its the street disc, i didnt put it in but it definately wasnt a 4, or 6 puck disc

you mentioned something about the whinning noise during clutch disengagement/engagement. This could the root cause of the slipping clutch. Slap on some new throw out bearing. Make sure to grease the sleeve of the bearing. Good luck.



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