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2G Brand new clutch slipping at anything past 3k rpm

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Dihtung Glava

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May 16, 2022
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I have no idea what I could have messed up here, so after 2 days of trying not to pull the trans again, I'm asking the council. I put a new clutch between my 1g engine and 2g trans (I'm pretty sure the generations are irrelevant tho) and the engagement is absolutely horrible.
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It feels OK when the car is off and I'm pretty sure it disengages fully as well, but when I release the pedal, the bite only happens at the very top, almost at the last half inch of pedal travel. When driving, the awful bite point is bad enough, but the clutch also entirely slips at anything past 3k rpm.
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I still have about a half inch of threads left on the bolt that limits pedal travel but I feel like the problem has to be somewhere else because there's no way the clutch should only start biting that high.

I've bled the system from the master and the slave cylinder 3 times - the first 2 times I left the adjustment on the master as it was on the old clutch, and for the third time I twisted the rod all the way out.

I can compress the slave by hand and it returns to original position without problems.

Am I doing something wrong or could my new clutch be defective?
 

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Just wrapping this thread up,

I bought a stepped 6-bolt flywheel, a proper eclipse clutch disc and a heavyweight pressure plate from the classifieds on here and the clutch holds now.

The 3 times removing and installing the trans were also plenty of experience, I can slip that thing on and off the engine now as if it was held in by spring clips.

I think I learned that while you shouldn't overestimate the power your car is making when you're picking out a clutch, you shouldn't underestimate it either. An n/a galant clutch WILL NOT hold 200hp and 290Nm.

Thank you everyone for helping out.
 
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