Cartek clutch=BOOM!
11-13-2004, 12:28 AM
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Cartek clutch=BOOM! AAAARRRGGGGG
yesterday coming home from work was in 3rd gear not pushing it hard(maybe 1/2 throttle) i hear BOOM clutch peddle kicks my foot. I'm like
The shifter had been kicked out of gear, I was 100 yards from my house (uphill) so i tried getting it in gear to limp it home. No dice, it would not go into any gear
. Inspected it today and it looks like it took my tranny with it 
Anyone else have any troubles with this clutch ?
yesterday coming home from work was in 3rd gear not pushing it hard(maybe 1/2 throttle) i hear BOOM clutch peddle kicks my foot. I'm like
The shifter had been kicked out of gear, I was 100 yards from my house (uphill) so i tried getting it in gear to limp it home. No dice, it would not go into any gear
. Inspected it today and it looks like it took my tranny with it Anyone else have any troubles with this clutch ?
11-13-2004, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jaberwaki
at 4000 rpms flying metal can do alot of damage. i have heard of people losing a foot when the clutch blows apart
-Todd
11-14-2004, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Gloveperson
Any chance of some pictures of the assembly and the T-56?
-Todd
-Todd
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11-14-2004, 11:47 AM
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I"ll be surprised if it took out your Tranny. I've lost some clutches and never done any tranny damage. Hope that's your case once you tear into it. Good luck.
11-15-2004, 11:50 PM
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My buddy just had his spec 3 clutch explode 1 week before my... when he pulled pulled it apart he had 2 holes in the tranny itself. ! yikes.. i dont have a chance to tear into it will this comming weekend , i will keep you all posted.
11-16-2004, 07:21 AM
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It's happened before with Cartek clutches... I have heard of at least 2 other instances (if you do a search for Cartek exploded in the M6 section). That's why I switched out my Cartek for the Ram (because my car is primarily race - to 7500 RPMs - is very hard on the clutch, and I wanted something that was SFI rated). I sold my Cartek to a buddy for his stock daily driver, and it's still doing fine... but I didn't want to take any chances on it.
