ACT Clutch Problem... We fight back.

[laserspeeddemon]

ACT has been selling faulty clutches to a number of its customers. For the most part they have been brushing us aside, with exuces of improper installation. If you have, had a problem leave your DSM Screen name in the list below. then PM me with your Full name, location, car, and approx. date of incident. When I call ACT next week, I will take every name I gather from a number of DSM forums to them. If they still want to brush us aside. I will look into hiring a lawyer for all of us. I don't like making a scene. But a company is taking advantage of the DSM community and I will not let that happen to us. I am a kind person, but I will NOT let anyone WALK ALL OVER ME! I have counted 30+ compliants on this same issue, and the number is still climbing.

Its time we fight back.

 

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[Shifty]

have friend who did the same thing you did with his 91 gsx, and a friend with turbo civic hatch did the same thing too.

 

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[entropy138]

pretty vague thread. What problem are all you guys experiencing??

 

[98RedGs]

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I bought a clutch and haven't had any problems yet so I signed up stating I bought one. But I would like more information as to what "problems' i could experience.

 

[leet]

pretty vague thread. What problem are all you guys experiencing??

Springs are popping out, ruining the clutch disk, pressure plate, and flywheel.

 

[DevilSperm]

subscribing, mine has been fine, it has 1000 miles on it, most are pretty hard miles but im keeping an eye on things anyway

 

[MyEclipse5]

im afirad to buy one now

 

[laserspeeddemon]

pretty vague thread. What problem are all you guys experiencing??

Sorry about that. For a full story on what happened and pics of all the damages, you can go to my orginal thread.

Click me

And I would appreciate it, if a mod makes this a sticky. I PMed Chris (Ludacris), but I have not gotten a reply yet. And I do not want, by no means, to attempt to stomp his authority.

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

this is starting to worry me.. i am close to purchasing another 2600 setup.. however i dont want to take any risk.. are there any alternatives for same price yet yield same quality

 

[laserspeeddemon]

this is starting to worry me.. i am close to purchasing another 2600 setup.. however i dont want to take any risk.. are there any alternatives for same price yet yield same quality

Lets see if they stand by their product first. but at a glance... no!

If something breaks before an unreasonable amount of time, and a company stands by their products, I'm not to worried about. If they shove blame of thier faulty products upon others, then I take action, as you see here.

 

[Natedaman_99]

I had the spring pop out on me and wrecked the flywheel but this was after about 35,000 miles. Overall i like there products im using there clutch and flywheel again and all is going good so far.

 

[herostar]

How would one know if their clutch is faulty...? I put mine in about 2 weeks ago, but it's been sitting around for about a month... It's making a grinding noise whenever I push the pedal in, regardless of how I adjust it, and it is having trouble engaging/disengaging...

 

[laserspeeddemon]

thats how mine started out, rattling/grinding from Tranny. Followed disengaging/engaging issue. And then total failure. Its probably the same problem. Have it looked at, then add your name.

 

[greyforestgst]

my 2100 has given me 15000 trouble free miles so far

 

[gigahz95]

Were they all installed right and used high quality throw out bearings?

 

[set3422]

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The rivets came off the street disc at 2k miles with no hard launches. I ended up with 2 halved street discs.

 

[ldstang50]

my act 2600 has been flawless. 50+ launches on it and daily driven, rain snow sleet and hail. no problems with mine, but i also dont' own a 'dsm'

 

[miguels3000]

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[DMS-WhiteGSX]

my 2100 has given me 15000 trouble free miles so far

2600 has been fine too. 15000mi and 70 1/4mi (1.6sec 60ft launches too) passes later...

 

[Ludachris]

Here, I've helped clean this up a bit, since this thread was getting full of discussion. Please vote in this thread if you've had your ACT clutch fail due to springs popping out:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133330