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Throw out bearing to much grease effects?

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my dreamt dsm

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Jan 29, 2007
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I think I did the stupidest thing a few months ago. My problem was a clutch pedal not popping up. Took tranny off and notice disk was all ate up. Replaced with act 2100. All is good but...but when I floor the gas pedal the rpm slows down a 3k-5k rpms. Never happen before when I had the stock clutch. And I'm pretty sure it's not turbo related. I hear the turbo spooling like crazy but no go.
I think I put way way to much grease on the throw out bearing spline. Could that be the effects of it???
Yesterday night I had my buddies stock gst sypder line up with me and we slowly floored 1st to 3rd. He took off but my rpm was stuck at the specify rpms again.
Any ideas before I take the tranny off again?
 
Is the clutch properly adjusted? How much grease do you think is on there? shep highly suggests very little grease is to be used because over time the grease collects the dust from the clutch and causes engagement/disengagement problems. use sparingly.
 
Yeah I know how to adjust master. Just for info. I changed to a brand new oem master, ss clutch line and slave from stm but no matter how tight or loose it does the same thing. I guess I have no choice but take off the tranny again to check it out. The thing that sucks is I work 6 days a week plus ot. Time is the problem with me. My buddies are honda's and not eclipse people. So I don't really trust them to touch my car.
And oh I don't have engagement and disengagment issues. It's more of a slipping clutch...*scratches head* but it's brand new! I guess I'll save for a lighten act flywheel while I'm at it!
 
All I do is take a wire brush to the splines to clean them up real good and apply very little honda moly grease to the splines I then put the disk on the spines. after removing the disk I clean any excess moly off the disk. You need only very little of this stuff. It goes along way!
 
All I do is take a wire brush to the splines to clean them up real good and apply very little honda moly grease to the splines I then put the disk on the spines. after removing the disk I clean any excess moly off the disk. You need only very little of this stuff. It goes along way!

Duh! Stupid me. Should of thought of that. The only stupid reason I did put a lot of grease was I did it on my honda and it seemed fine. Oh will. I guess I really do have no choice but to do it again. Here goes my dd!:banghead:
 
Old thread, never had the time and problem still here!
Thanks and credit for ElipticalGS for loading the picture from another thread. I don't have one on me.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=114994&stc=1&d=1289088254

I've put a bunch of grease on my input shaft. Now thinking about it, it slides into the pressure plate. I'm thinking it probably dripped to my pressure plate causing slipping issues from 3k -5k rpm. Can anyone back me up on this theory. I'm finally off for the weekend and I might get started to tearing down the tranny a.s.a.F.p.
Is resurfacing the flywheel A MUST???
 
The only place I have ever put grease is on the collar that the throw out bearing rides on. This ensures smooth travel of the throw out bearing and prevents wear to the input shaft collar.

I would for sure get the flywheel resurfaced if I was in your situation since the clutch has been slipping. Check for a leaking rear main seal once you get the flywheel off. Perhaps it is contributing to your problem if its leaking bad enough to saturate the clutch disc. Honestly you wont know what the problem is until you take it apart and look though.
 
Thanks for the input. I'll be sure the check that out. I just needed more opinions so I can do a process of elimination. Will here I go I'll report back once I dig in there. Thanks!
 
Well guys for the curious ones. I dropped the tranny out. Everything looks fine. Pivot ball, clutch fork, clutch disk, fly wheel, no rear main seal leaks, input shaft, throw out bearing and spline, and pressure plate. The only flaw was DAMN, hella grease on the pressure plate facing the throw out bearing. There is so much build up of grease on the pressure plate but I'm not sure if it would of effect the fly wheel side.
My conclusion is that when I'm in high rpm's 3rd- 5 when turbo spools it makes power to the point where it starts to slip due to the grease.
My throw out bearing is compacted with grease.
??? how much grease to apply to the throw out bearing, if any
how much grease on the input shaft/ spline?
What else to look for?
Thanks. I'll update with pics later since I'm at my mom's house.
 
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