Dual Mass Explosion
02-28-2009, 12:12 PM
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Dual Mass Explosion
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Wanted to find out if any one on this board has experienced a dual mass explosion. I have a C2, 1996 with roughly 58k miles on it. The transmission was fine until I lend it to my brother who ended crucifying it. In short, my mechanic was driving to his shop from Chicago to Michigan to get it fix/change it to a lightwheel. The dual mass literally exploded taking bits and pieces of the bellhousing and starter. Has anyone experience this before. Do I need to change the whole bellhousing? In need of serious input, as the invoice to get it fix is climbing to the $7,000+ range.
Wanted to find out if any one on this board has experienced a dual mass explosion. I have a C2, 1996 with roughly 58k miles on it. The transmission was fine until I lend it to my brother who ended crucifying it. In short, my mechanic was driving to his shop from Chicago to Michigan to get it fix/change it to a lightwheel. The dual mass literally exploded taking bits and pieces of the bellhousing and starter. Has anyone experience this before. Do I need to change the whole bellhousing? In need of serious input, as the invoice to get it fix is climbing to the $7,000+ range.
02-28-2009, 12:48 PM
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The car was been driven when the explosion occurred...had to be towed the rest of the way to the garage as explained to me by my mechanic. I knew the clutch was on its last leg..lots of slippage but never dreamed this could be such a bad scenario.
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02-28-2009, 03:39 PM
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The good news is that a stock 993 gearbox isn't very expensive. This repair shouldn't cost $7K. It should cost the price of a good used gearbox, plus whatever labor you were going to pay for the clutch job.
03-01-2009, 12:49 AM
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Since when do DMFs explode?!! OK, the old Luk of the 964s "failed" but explode? That looks hideous! Is there anywarning sign for such catastrophic failure?
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03-01-2009, 03:42 AM
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03-01-2009, 08:00 AM
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The only nasty clutches I've seen arose from extreme right foot angst, and a communication disconnect with the right hand: driving granny to the pharmacy for a bottle of liniment ( or limping to the garage with a known defect) rarely causes such carnage ......
03-01-2009, 08:13 AM
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I'm very interested in finding out what in the world could have caused this kind of damage. Did you have a clutch slave or transmission work done earlier?
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