Finally got my transmission off, look what I found!

[JStrateger]

A few months ago, my clutch went out on my car when I was driving it especially hard one night after turning up the boost a couple lbs. I babied it to my friends shop and we took off the inspection plate and found pieces of the clutch laying in the tranny; ouch. The clutch had about 4-5k miles on it. Anyhow, I drove it home and just got around to getting the transmission off today and this is what I found:

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Looks like my clutch fell apart. Aside from a crappy clutch, anyone have an opinion on what else might have happened? Anyone seen this happen before? Just kind of curious, never had a clutch fall apart like this.

The transmission is being rebuilt and I'm replacing the clutch/flywheel with a ACT2100 combo.

 

[Tanro]

Are we gonna rename this site "Bored Sarcastic Bastards with DSMs"?

Probably should.

In the last 6 months I have gotten my answers quicker, more directly, and without any sarcastic ass troll comments on my local forum that has all of 10 active members and maybe 10-15 posts a day.

 

[rhodes2010]

Sounds like you have an excellent strategy for never having this happen again.
Normal wear , yes. Complete disintegration, not likely.

You asked me to explain about getting good at dropping the trans.
Recently, after our new clutch install, which seems to be tabbo and off-limits
to my neighbors. I found that doing it the second time was much easier because I had been through it and had a real solid idea of what to do and in what order.

When I had to do it the third time (within a few months) I got real good at it
and did not waste any time. I knew the sequence, the sizes, and the correct
sockets, wrenches, etc..

I think most things are like that, you get better at it when you do it a couple times.

This last time around my attitude was - not gonna do this again for at least 60,000 miles. Made sure to double check every step.

As for knowing about driveline breakage, I put over powered engines in stock drivelines some years back and learned the hard way that weak links like joints, bearings, bushings, and even the brakes all need to meet the horsepower
or you suffer.

To me there is nothing sweeter than a proper combination of parts that make a true performance sports car.

And most of us spend so much to achieve this, that we might just as well buy a Porsche and be done with it.

But I love the DSM engineering. Really impressed.
And the people here on this board make it even better.

 

[XiKeiyaZI]

You get exactly what you pay for in the DSM world.