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The theory of rust on the spines of the input shaft is a good one. I recently pulled my trans at 70k miles, no winters, etc to discover rust on the spines of the clutch and input shaft. It’s possible it’s causing the clutch disk to hang and not slide requiring a lot of pressure to move it.
This was a pic before I disassembled everything. I replaced clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, RMS etc. while I was in there.
Clutch was toast! Leaking RMS did it in.
This was a pic before I disassembled everything. I replaced clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, RMS etc. while I was in there.
Clutch was toast! Leaking RMS did it in.
Not looking good!
Thanks for the info. Did you stick with the dual mass flywheel? I'm also on original clutch.
Thanks for the info. Did you stick with the dual mass flywheel? I'm also on original clutch.
Yes, I put in a new DMF. I considered LWF but opted for DMF since I think it fits my usage style over time better. For many of my drives, I am taking a road trip with my wife or daughter and I like the drivablity that the DMF offers.
If you debating options for driveability: I've just gone to LWF / Clutch but with MPL slave cylinder to hopefully keep easy to drive, important for me and wife and long trips, while improving response. Not back together yet so cannot tell you if I screwed up or not.
My clutch (orig and now at 67k) was a few drag starts off the rivets. Surprised me, we have historically been real easy on clutches, because we dont do drag starts lol.
05-28-2020, 12:06 AM
