Baby gets a new clutch - glad it'll last awhile!
04-21-2007, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by El Commandante
so what exactly are the symptoms of a clutch on the way out? and how long after the symptoms start do you have before it goes out?
are there any tests/ inspections you can do to the clutch to see if its still good
sorry for the hijack/ ignorant questions
are there any tests/ inspections you can do to the clutch to see if its still good
sorry for the hijack/ ignorant questions
04-21-2007, 01:11 AM
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Drifting
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Originally Posted by Scuba Steve
When my clutch was going out I could feel a jerk when letting off the gas pedal right when the car would go from accelerating to decelerating. That jerk was something in the clutch slipping.
04-21-2007, 01:27 AM
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I thought you weren't supposed to let the half shafts hang like that. I've always read that they should be wired up so the full weight of the shaft doesn't hang on the outer CV or damage can occur.
04-21-2007, 02:12 AM
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Drifting
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Originally Posted by Mike C.
I thought you weren't supposed to let the half shafts hang like that. I've always read that they should be wired up so the full weight of the shaft doesn't hang on the outer CV or damage can occur.
That's why I have shops do my work. They screw something up, they fix it.
04-21-2007, 02:21 AM
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Wolfe good to hear. I will be doing mine soon as it has 120K on it and it was last done in 95 or96 so regardless its time to do it. Plus the flywheel is alittle warped. So I have to get that resurfaced
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04-21-2007, 05:13 AM
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When I bought my car the previous owner informed me that it had some clutch problems. So I bought everything brand new and it turned out that it was just a trashed pilot bearing. The clutch was like new. My dad said I could sell it for a couple of hundred bucks, but a couple of days later somebody at the shop tossed it by accident. I should have taken it with me that same day. TIP: make sure to have a new pilot bearing before you start your clutch job..sucks to have to leave it on a lift over the weekend because all the shops that carry it are closed (stupid $8 part! 
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