Shim Removal?
01-31-2008, 11:08 AM
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Shim Removal? My clutch started slipping in 3rd and 4th if I get WOT. Do I just need to remove the shim from behind my slave cylinder? I have a SPEC 3 with 10k miles.
01-31-2008, 12:35 PM
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If your slipping, the clutch is prob gone, not the 1st time ive personally seen Spec's do this. The shim is behind the slave, remove the trans, inspect the clutch and your prob going to see its dead, and you might as well replace it.
Removing the shim, had the clutch been good, would lower the engagement point of the clutch.
Removing the shim, had the clutch been good, would lower the engagement point of the clutch.
01-31-2008, 07:22 PM
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I've seen the spec 3 clutches wear into the flywheel causing the clutch to start slipping even when the disc still looked ok. I ran a spec 3 once that started slipping at 12,000 miles (with many, many track passes). I pulled it out, had the flywheel resurfaced and the clutch held fine until I swapped the t56 for an auto about 6 months later. Although the pressure plate surface will probably look just as bad as the flywheel, machining the flywheel was enough to get a few more miles out of the clutch.
Even with only 12,000 miles, I was satisfied with the clutch simply for the fact that it held numerous 1.4 sixtys for almost 2 years of abuse.
Even with only 12,000 miles, I was satisfied with the clutch simply for the fact that it held numerous 1.4 sixtys for almost 2 years of abuse.
02-01-2008, 12:55 AM
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Welll I answered my own question today Fellas I removed the shim today and the clutch went right back to grabbing no slipping this time. I read the same stuff some of you guys posted about SPEC clutches going out all of a sudden. But, I have had no problems out of mine and now my clutch pedal feels like stock. You just have to let the pressure plate thoroughly break in. We also pulled a friend of mines shim today because his clutch began slipping on the spray and he has a Ram Powergrip and he said the clutch won't fully disengage at WOT High RPM. But his clutch only has maybe 2k miles. We also took note that the Ram shim was .020" thicker than my SPEC shim. So I guess he will be putting my SPEC shim back in his car. I will post the results of that. I have give my SPEC two thumbs up thus far.
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02-01-2008, 02:26 PM
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**Not trying to Hi-Jack**....Quick Q though...Where can you buy shims for the slave?...And what thickness would probably work for a clutch that grabs pretty much right off the floor, and barely goes in gear>?...Any ideas?..
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02-01-2008, 02:30 PM
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Welll I answered my own question today Fellas I removed the shim today and the clutch went right back to grabbing no slipping this time. I read the same stuff some of you guys posted about SPEC clutches going out all of a sudden. But, I have had no problems out of mine and now my clutch pedal feels like stock. You just have to let the pressure plate thoroughly break in. We also pulled a friend of mines shim today because his clutch began slipping on the spray and he has a Ram Powergrip and he said the clutch won't fully disengage at WOT High RPM. But his clutch only has maybe 2k miles. We also took note that the Ram shim was .020" thicker than my SPEC shim. So I guess he will be putting my SPEC shim back in his car. I will post the results of that. I have give my SPEC two thumbs up thus far.
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