ACT clutch slipping.

[96gstdsm]

Ok i have been going through hell trying to get my car up and running. Last week i finally got my car back from the shop and had a brand new ACt 2100 clutch and Xact flywheel installed. I drove the car around highway and city for about 500 miles. Last night i decided i would drive it for real. It drove pretty good and i didn't notice slipping. Today i drove it again and it started slipping real bad. Any time i really step on the gas, it slip's a bit and then grips and then slips again. On the ACT website they only say 200-300 miles you need to break it in.
Why would it be slipping? IS there anything that can be done short of taking the tranny off to fix that? If i don't drive it hard for a while now would it stop slipping possibly?
Please any info would be great. I looked through the previous slipping clutch posts and couldn't find any good info.

---Ryan.

 

[91 Turbo Mitsu]

I hate to say it but it could be glazed over from slipping or maybe your rear main seal is leaking oil onto the clutch. Did you replace the rear main seal? City driving can be hard on a clutch because of the stop and go traffic.

 

[96gstdsm]

I hate to say it but it could be glazed over from slipping or maybe your rear main seal is leaking oil onto the clutch. Did you replace the rear main seal? City driving can be hard on a clutch because of the stop and go traffic.

Yeah i did replace the rear main seal.
For breaking it in, isn't city what is best? I never revved it high or anything like that. Took it extremely slow for about 500 miles and then decided it was long enough. Are there any possible fixes that don't involve taking the tranny off? Just spent like 1100 on clutch, flywheel and install. The guy who did it for me was very shady and was trying to rip me off the whole time too, so maybe he just messed things up real bad.

 

[96gstdsm]

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[95blackGsTurbo]

Don't bump your own thread. Someone will respond when they get to it. As far as the clutch goes. If he did a shady job and tried to rip you off I would have taken it from him and had someone else do it. I got a clutch installed for $450 with a new master cylinder. I would either make him look at it for free or take it somewhere else and make him pay for it. His work should be warrentied and he could have sprayed something on the flywheel so it would slip so you have to bring it back.

 

[96gstdsm]

Don't bump your own thread. Someone will respond when they get to it. As far as the clutch goes. If he did a shady job and tried to rip you off I would have taken it from him and had someone else do it. I got a clutch installed for $450 with a new master cylinder. I would either make him look at it for free or take it somewhere else and make him pay for it. His work should be warrentied and he could have sprayed something on the flywheel so it would slip so you have to bring it back.

Believe me i did! I wanted to bring it somewhere else but i had it towed there and i didn't want to deal with getting it towed somewhere else and still not having it drivable. It is a well known northern nj dsm shop. Most places warranty their work even if you bring your own parts? I bought all brand new items still sealed to have installed. If he sprayed something on the flywheel would it start slipping right away or not for some time?
This guy charged me $570. Started out as 375 then said the slave was bad so 50 there, then said had a problem getting the axles out(80) and then called me and wanted to charge 200 for the master and i said hell no and then got a call back saying it was good all of a sudden. Seems pretty shady to me, but just wanted my car back.
With a slipping clutch it just feels kinda like it is bogging right? When i hit the gas hard it feels like it bogg's sometimes and then catches and accelerates nice.

 

[91 Turbo Mitsu]

When your clutch slips your rpms will skyrocket and the car would slow down but I wouldn't say that it feels like it is bogging down. Also you should be able to smell it after it slips. A slipping clutch has a very unique smell(dont quite know how to describe)that stinks horribly.As everyone else says the guy should warranty his work.If not call the better business bureau in your area.

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

A slipping clutch means the car gains RPM without gaining MPH. Sounds like you might have a boost leak or something that he didn't get back together right.

 

[Stainbox12]

. I've never seen 400$ or 500$ for a clutch job. Dropping the tranny is easy, and putting it back together is not that hard either if you got the proper tools. Its been said before. If you love dsm's learn to do the work on your own, this cars were made for people who work on them. Grab some tools, wrenches, a manual and you will be set starting to learn about this cars. Even in my country my mechanic would charge 60$ for dropping the tranny, and i consider that still expensive, so i did it on my own. last time i rebuilt the engine, it was 200$. Good luck.

 

[96gstdsm]

A slipping clutch means the car gains RPM without gaining MPH. Sounds like you might have a boost leak or something that he didn't get back together right.

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I just checked under the hood and i had an unconnected vacuum hose. I reconnected it but i still feel the slipping or bogging happening under wot. Would a boost leak only happen at certain times? It seems to pull nice and hard and then just occasionally bogg or slip. It was much worse though before i noticed the disconnected hose. I am not familular with boost leak so i don't know how it would feel. When the vacuum line was disconnected the idle was a bit higher, would that cause something else to be messed up?

My car shakes a little at idle and when the hose was not connected it didn't but had a little higher of an idle. Anyone know why that could be?

 

[96gstdsm]

I actually had two disconnected vacuum hoses. One keeps slipping off. It is connected from the intake manifold to i don't know what, but it has a little black knob and it is to the right of the intake manifold against the firewall. That hose keeps coming loose. I just drove the car hard right now and it didn't seem to be slipping. Just for like half a second it felt like a little jolt and then full power again. I did not smell any bad smells or anything like that. When getting back i noticed the hose had come off again, so i am guessing and hoping that is all the problem is. Would that hose(if anyone knows the one i am talking about) cause something like this? Can bogging happen only like this for a brief moment under wot? It seems to only happen right now in second at full boost i guess. Yesterday it would happen a lot in all gears. I only took it to 4th this time so don't know about 5th today but yesterday it was bad in 5th also.
Any input?

 

[BrokenTsi]

Its probably not a clutch problem. Maybe the shop messed something up when taking the trans out or something stupid. You gotta really mess something up to make a brand new clutch slip. Sounds like you have a different mechanical problem. Slipping clutches dont bog. Bogging means that the clutch is working good.

 

[96gstdsm]

Its probably not a clutch problem. Maybe the shop messed something up when taking the trans out or something stupid. You gotta really mess something up to make a brand new clutch slip. Sounds like you have a different mechanical problem. Slipping clutches dont bog. Bogging means that the clutch is working good.

Ok thats what i was thinking too. I'm really hoping it is the case as it will be much less of a hassle to fix i'm sure! Seeming like it's gotta be cause by the vacuum hoses not connected well.
Anyone know where i can get hose clamps small enough to clamp the small 4mm vacuum hoses? I think that is the size. It is the smallest vacuum hoses that are disconnecting.

 

[lookin4dsm]

Anyone know where i can get hose clamps small enough to clamp the small 4mm vacuum hoses? I think that is the size. It is the smallest vacuum hoses that are disconnecting.

Zip ties work well for those.

Mike

 

[bob123131]

Yeah use zip ties because these are not really sapose to blow off it is difficult to find clamps for them. Plus if this doesnt help the problem then you dont have to worry about finding a more permanent soultion.

 

[96gstdsm]

Zip ties work well for those.

Mike

Duh! I'm retarded haha. Can't believe i forgot about zip ties. Thanks a lot. Hopefully this will be all that i need and i can stop worrying about my car for the time being.

 

[Woodsy0]

Reviving a dead thread, but have you looked into the 2g pedal pump up issue that we have?

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/clutchandflywheeltech.htm

I am having the same problem as yours with my CFDF clutch, and I'm beginning to believe that's the problem with mine. Where is the clutch engaging, and have you adjusted the engagement point or free play?

 

[96gstdsm]

Reviving a dead thread, but have you looked into the 2g pedal pump up issue that we have?

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/clutchandflywheeltech.htm

I am having the same problem as yours with my CFDF clutch, and I'm beginning to believe that's the problem with mine. Where is the clutch engaging, and have you adjusted the engagement point or free play?

Ok i forgot to add a conclusion to this post. It was me being stupid and not checking everything right away. I had some crappy ebay oil cap that was leaking and spewing oil i guess, and my spark plugs and wires did not seal the oil out. I looked in the spark plug well's at first and there was no oil or liquid in them but i decided to just replace the spark plugs and the oil had gotten past the washer so i could not see it with them in. I put my oem oil cap back on and new spark plugs and cleaned the well out, and have had zero problems so far. i thought it was my spark plug wires because the same time i put the oem oil cap back i changed back to my original spark plug wires, and it started to improve, but the next day i found the real culprit.

 

[Woodsy0]

I'm confused. It was oil on the spark plugs that was causing your clutch to slip?

 

[da_reeseboy]

I'm confused. It was oil on the spark plugs that was causing your clutch to slip?

His clutch wasn't slipping. His car was bogging down because oil was leaking down onto the spark plugs causing it to misfire.

- Jesse

 

[1990talon]

He only thought it was slipping the car was actually bogging out read the whole thing!

 

[96gstdsm]

He only thought it was slipping the car was actually bogging out read the whole thing!

Correct it felt like some sort of slipping, felt different than any bogging i had experienced before but it was just bogging due to oil that got all around the spark plug from a crappy ebay oil cap!