Well I only have about 3 months worth of time on this clutch, and maybe 3000 miles, but when I showed up at the track in Nurburg, it just took a crap on me. It would not go into gear with the engine turning. I stuck it into gear and started it, it made a awful noise. So I got it towed the 3 hours back home.

The Springs were lose for some reason and one them them popped out, wedged itself between the ALSO brand new Fidanza Flywheel and destroyed bothe the clutch and the flywheel, can we say "$640 down the drain."

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This is what the tranny looked like after we got it off. Something was grided away, those are metal shavings everywhere.

doesnt ACT have a warranty?

Heres the Pressure plate, some scratches on the spring, but nothing to suspcious.

The ACT clutch nothing wrong her-.... What the?!? Wheres the spring?!?

oh there's a peice of it.... Where the rest?!? (refer to pic 1)

And alas, the flywheel... COMPLETELY destroyed. To many high revs with this thing and it would explode and hurt someone, so its no longer being used.

Sephroth57 said:

doesnt ACT have a warranty?

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Only after 90 days from purchase, the problem is I bought the clutch in Nov. and due to other problems with the car, I didn't install it until about Mar/Apr. So I'm probably screwed.

HOLLY TESTICAL TUESDAY BATMAN! That SPRING IS TOAST!!!!!!!

You didnt feal anything? or whatever? God. Agim had this problem. I think ACT is slipping, I Mean that the company and ther build quality is going down in my book.

PogiTSI said:

HOLLY TESTICAL TUESDAY BATMAN! That SPRING IS TOAST!!!!!!!

You didnt feal anything? or whatever? God. Agim had this problem. I think ACT is slipping, I Mean that the company and ther build quality is going down in my book.

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About a mile from the track, the clutch felt bad and I thought my tranny went out. It was hard to shift and it sounded awful when I stopped and I had it in gear with the cltuch depressed. I made it to the parking lot of the track, but that was it. I didn't even get a chance to take around. I just drove the MB SLK200 Kompressor we rented and went drifting, then towed the Talon home at the end of the day.

I had this EXACT problem. the clutch was ~1500 miles old. I even broke it in! one day it just started making a wierd clunking noise, and wouldnt disengage. pulled the tranny and pieces of spring fell out :thumbdown only 2 of the springs were still together, the rest were broken in half and one was in three pieces.

I was lucky, however, it didnt cause anywhere near as much damage as it did to yours.

Sorry to hear about it, try complaining to act about it. I left mine sit to long and the warranty ran out.

hehe, mine did that also
welcome to the club

Aww man and im in the market now for a new clutch... guess it is time to do some more research before i buy

laserspeeddemon said:

And alas, the flywheel... COMPLETELY destroyed. To many high revs with this thing and it would explode and hurt someone, so its no longer being used.

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Hey... you are lucky it didn't explode. That happened on my car. Not a pretty site but, everyone in the car was lucky and didn't get hurt. It still sucks though! Sorry to hear about it.

When did the ACT quality go to sh*t. I have always heard good things and got nothing but recommendation, from vendors ect. I am going to call ACT up. I'll need some ammo. So I gonna reference this thread. I just thought I got a rare factory defect, but it seems its a common problem, and if thats so, then ACT can replace the $360 Lightweight flywheel that was destroyed on account of thier negligance.

Regards,
Sean B.

hmmmm, yah Ide contact ACT. But As far as I know, Since its a "Performance" clutch. There going to blame it on you for "Out Performing" the clutch.

welcome to the club, It's actually a recall, call act, thell send you a new one.

Have they fixed the problem? I just bought a new clutch from them? :thumbdown

That also happened to my ACT 2100. Spring poped out. But it didn't hurt the flyhweel.

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That also happened to my ACT 2100. Spring poped out. But it didn't hurt the flyhweel.

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the differnce between ACT2100 and ACT2600 is that PP. The Street Clutch discs are all the same.

Originally posted by IamDrunk

They'll most likely told you what they told my friend Alan when this EXACT same thing happened to him. "You were driving the car excessively hard. Slamming gears. Forced the spring to dislodge. It's not our problem." (That's verbatim, but you get the idea).

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Airpoppoff said:

welcome to the club, It's actually a recall, call act, thell send you a new one.

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I had an extra one, so I don't need another ACT clutch. What about the $360 Flywheel that was destroyed!

crap,


well im in the "ACT 2600 didnt crap out on my club"

its at 17K and still kicks ass!! on AWD too!

sorry to hear this issue guys... ..
...but damn,... i have my brand new act2100 sitting here at home for a few months now. i'm thinking about putting it in next week. should i proceed or call ACT(or buschurR, where i bought it) and ask them a question? .....this really sucks....

dam sorry to hear that happened to you on a side note how much did it cost you to get it towed the whole 3 hour back?

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dam sorry to hear that happened to you on a side note how much did it cost you to get it towed the whole 3 hour back?

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Free! I have a kick a*s Roadside Assitance Program. I could tow from anywhere in Europe to my home, and they take me along. Its Coool!

I call the tow-guy, the Roadside Assitance Program Personnel and Equipment Remover, or RAPPER! :laugh: