Car is back up and running again!! Me and Rubin from Trizone Motorsports took apart the tranny again today to diagnose the problem more. Turns out the pressure plate took a shit on me along with the bad throwout bearing we discovered a few days prior. So we replaced everything with a new ACT HeavyDuty Pressure plate along with a new throwout bearing from ACT. I'll be sending the pressure plate back to ACT for further inspection. Hopefully I can receive a manufacture's warranty. Upon our own observation, the teeth on the pressure plate look mint,
but do not flatten out when it is bolted and tightened down to the flywheel. If you notice the pics at the bottom...the teeth are angled upward, but are not suppose to be that way once bolted up to the flywheel. The pressure plate also rattles when we shake it, which is not a good sign. The pictures of the throwout bearing speaks for itself. The ACT street disc was in "EXCELLENT" condition and is being reused. Hopefully ACT will handle this matter well. I have never heard of an ACT clutch taking a shit before..so this totally surprises me..but I am also relieved that it is not something worst, like my tranny for instance. The clutch is only a year old with 20k-30k miles at most. I have only ran an intake and exhaust for the duration of the clutch's life. To be honest, I do not race very often, and my driving is not very aggressive, when it comes to shifting. I really do think that I recieved a lemon.
BTW..I refilled the tranny with GM Friction Modified Synchromesh..and its true...the tranny shifts like a knife cutting through warm butter!! I was also told that it gets even better after awhile
Here are the pics of the devastation:
Hrmm....this can't be good....
Visually the pressure plate looks great
Stupid Pressure Plate!!!!!
Has anyone ever experienced a bad clutch from ACT before? If so..was it taken cared of by them? I just feel that my clutch shit on me too prematurely.
Thanks!,
Khoi
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