McLeod RXT Clutch - My Experience
02-11-2014, 05:33 PM
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yuck, i really hate these clutch issue. I had the spec issue a while back and it was also hard to get either spec or others who had a different build date of clutch than mine to notice an issue. but eventually i gathered enough people who had issues and spec refunded me my money.
My twin disk not has some light chatter, but aside form that its taken maybe 45-50k of driving without a sweat.
My twin disk not has some light chatter, but aside form that its taken maybe 45-50k of driving without a sweat.
02-11-2014, 07:56 PM
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I was going to order a RXT at the end of the month but now im growing a little concerned as I dont want to run into this issue... is everybody running steel flywheels?
02-15-2014, 07:04 PM
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I can now add my own experience to the mix. RXT with the aluminum FW.
I had this professionally installed. It worked well after the mechanic re-bled the clutch. During break in I noticed the clutch started to drag a little. Re-bled and things got better until they didn't. Once I couldn't get it to quit dragging with bleeding the hydraulics I took it back to the installer to have him fix it. They contacted Mcleod and verified everything was in spec (A B distances). Mcleod suggested turning the clutch - the mechanic did. They still couldn't get it to quit dragging. I took it home and parked it.
The attached pictures give you an idea what my clutch surfaces look like right now. This is approximately 100 miles after they turned to clutch surfaces.
Right now I have put everything back together but I can't get the pressure plate fingers to retract below the face of the pressure plate even with 50 ft/lbs or torque.
Baffled... I will call Mcleod on Monday and hope they are not off for presidents day.
I had this professionally installed. It worked well after the mechanic re-bled the clutch. During break in I noticed the clutch started to drag a little. Re-bled and things got better until they didn't. Once I couldn't get it to quit dragging with bleeding the hydraulics I took it back to the installer to have him fix it. They contacted Mcleod and verified everything was in spec (A B distances). Mcleod suggested turning the clutch - the mechanic did. They still couldn't get it to quit dragging. I took it home and parked it.
The attached pictures give you an idea what my clutch surfaces look like right now. This is approximately 100 miles after they turned to clutch surfaces.
Right now I have put everything back together but I can't get the pressure plate fingers to retract below the face of the pressure plate even with 50 ft/lbs or torque.
Baffled... I will call Mcleod on Monday and hope they are not off for presidents day.
02-15-2014, 10:52 PM
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Thanks for helping to restore my sanity, Charles. Your wear is identical to mine on the friction surfaces and friction material, however my pressure plate is still brand new in appearance.
Also, I have never had an issue with dragging or disengagement. Feeling has always been vague and engagement has always been a crap shoot at best. The disengagement is predictable and constant.
Do you know what the slave was shimmed to? I was instructed to maintain a .160" - .220" clearance and currently have it shimmed on the tight side at .163" which should help with disengagement problems.
Interested to know how this works out...I may be calling them as well on Monday. I have the President of McLeod's contact info, maybe we can both try to tag him.
Also, I have never had an issue with dragging or disengagement. Feeling has always been vague and engagement has always been a crap shoot at best. The disengagement is predictable and constant.
Do you know what the slave was shimmed to? I was instructed to maintain a .160" - .220" clearance and currently have it shimmed on the tight side at .163" which should help with disengagement problems.
Interested to know how this works out...I may be calling them as well on Monday. I have the President of McLeod's contact info, maybe we can both try to tag him.
02-16-2014, 01:50 PM
#48
No shims on mine currently. The other issue I am having is the snow caused tick a few delays. Shims should have been here but are not.
Also sons clutch/tranny crapped out so we are down 2 cars. Need Tick parts for both.
Also sons clutch/tranny crapped out so we are down 2 cars. Need Tick parts for both.
02-28-2014, 08:31 AM
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I get the idea you don't know how the proper way to drive with the clutch. I had the rxt in two cars and it worked very good. Got 1.39 60 foot with it as well. It broke pretty much every driveline part in my car as well as the output shaft on my t56 which took out the tail casing. Great clutch, drove like a stock clutch. You just need to know how to drive with it. When people wanted to drive the couldn't do a very good job with it.
02-28-2014, 08:38 AM
#50
I get the idea you're a DB 'cause you drive a camaro. Unfair comparison, right? While awesome that you were able to use the same clutch to drive a great time down the track with none of the installation problems reported here, that doesn't diminish the headaches these two poor phuckers are experiencing with their own installs, nor imply they drive down the street riding the clutch pedal or slipping it to 4,000RPM every time they pull away from a stop sign in 1st gear.
Wonder if he looked at the pictures, and thought to himself; "huh, that looks like normal wear to me at 650 miles, must be their terrible driving skills."
02-28-2014, 04:13 PM
#52
Disengagement is as smooth as my LS7 clutch was. Engagement is significantly sharper, but I can easily slip the clutch if my objective is smooth engagement.
02-28-2014, 04:58 PM
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Mine has some chatter on takeoff. If im on a hill and riding it hard its worse. Not a huge deal to me... high rpm shifts are great. Grabs hard right away. But I have intermittently grind 2nd and first on the way down at high rpm.
03-01-2014, 07:46 PM
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I get the idea you don't know how the proper way to drive with the clutch. I had the rxt in two cars and it worked very good. Got 1.39 60 foot with it as well. It broke pretty much every driveline part in my car as well as the output shaft on my t56 which took out the tail casing. Great clutch, drove like a stock clutch. You just need to know how to drive with it. When people wanted to drive the couldn't do a very good job with it.
03-03-2014, 10:50 AM
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No word from McLeod yet. Hopefully I will hear something early this week. As for not knowing how to drive a stick, four of my five vehicles are stick cars ('98 ws6, 06 VW GTI, 07 solstice) and I have had sticks before this set. None of their clutches have ever shown this type of unusual wear. As a matter of fact I had a '86 thunderbird turbo coupe (heavy car for the 4 cylinder turbo that powered it) that got to over 120K miles on the stock clutch.
03-05-2014, 09:21 AM
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I just read the initial post.
Looks extremely worn for 600 miles. Like a dragging clutch.
Since we warrenty everything we put on cars here, our #1 clutch we use is the RXT and we never have issue's you are describing. All our clutches get cheched for proper air gap for the through out bearing and I know we shim for CTS-V's and some need a different slave cylinder if it had a dual stage clutch from the factory.
So, hope you figure it out.
Looks extremely worn for 600 miles. Like a dragging clutch.
Since we warrenty everything we put on cars here, our #1 clutch we use is the RXT and we never have issue's you are describing. All our clutches get cheched for proper air gap for the through out bearing and I know we shim for CTS-V's and some need a different slave cylinder if it had a dual stage clutch from the factory.
So, hope you figure it out.
03-16-2014, 06:33 PM
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Just installed an RXT in my vette. Extreme and violent chatter, engaging directly on the floor, but full disengagment when I rev the car with the pedal depressed.
This clutch is miserable. I don't know how people say it drives like stock. My Monster 3 single drove better.
Installed correctly, about 300 miles on it.
This clutch is miserable. I don't know how people say it drives like stock. My Monster 3 single drove better.
Installed correctly, about 300 miles on it.