At 06:55 AM 2/8/00 -0800, you wrote:
Hhmm - the center of the clutch breaking makes me wonder if something
isn't right with your transmission's input shaft. The exploded
friction material is a sign of excessive heat or, in my case,
excessive rpms. Is it possible that the center of the disc is
getting destroyed when the friction material flies off? Any leaks
from your engine or trans?
BTW, how do you use this car? Play car? Street car?
Well....the car used to be a little of everything..Delivery Vehicle,
AutoXer, street/commuter, TSD Rallier and general all around abuse the heck
out of stress reliever :-). It lives at high RPM's but hasn't been
autox'ed since the last clutch failure. When I say the center failed, I am
probably being too general, I don't know the names of the actual parts, the
springs/housings develop play and eventually fail, you can see where the
springs have worn into the housings. This failure was gradual and happens
~ every 30K miles. The chunking happens independently from the center hub
failures, and since it is now happening more frequently the clutches never
last long enough to fail in the center. I don't have any fluid leaks, I've
had that happen twice before both times ruining brand new clutches :-(. I
know that smell all too well! Basically the tranny, flywheel and clutch
are all fairly recent, I just think I've reached the limitations of the
stock clutch. Also my P-chip doesn't like the idle switch on the throttle
body and when that acts up I get severe drivetrain jolts at light throttle
which probably isn't helping matters. So Far I've heard of Centerforce
Dual friction & Clutchmaster Stage 3 clutches, anyone every done a comparison?
Brian
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Brian Wicks
www.vicon.net/~bvw
88 16V GTI G2
86 16V GTI EP
87 Quantum Syncro Wagon HS
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