wow, I can't believe my clutch didn't explode
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About a year ago, I started hearing what sounded like firecrackers in my transmission whenever I would brake hard or sometimes whenever I would let the clutch out from a stop during normal driving. The car ran and drove just fine as if nothing was wrong. I finally got the car to a transmission shop, was able to re-create the noise for the mechanic and decided to just replace the clutch anyway.
I couldn't believe what was causing that noise! A huge chunk of aluminum was bouncing around in my bell housing and two metal plug things had popped out of my pressure plate and were lodged somewhere (don't remember where exactly). The shop said they had no idea where it came from because everything looked fine. I've put about 10 miles on it and it drives great, too.
![](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/carebarexc/IMG_20110301_150129.jpg)
It chewed up the pressure plate:
![](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/carebarexc/IMG_20110301_150100.jpg)
And here's the disk with 35K miles worth of wear:
I couldn't believe what was causing that noise! A huge chunk of aluminum was bouncing around in my bell housing and two metal plug things had popped out of my pressure plate and were lodged somewhere (don't remember where exactly). The shop said they had no idea where it came from because everything looked fine. I've put about 10 miles on it and it drives great, too.
![](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/carebarexc/IMG_20110301_150129.jpg)
It chewed up the pressure plate:
![](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/carebarexc/IMG_20110301_150100.jpg)
And here's the disk with 35K miles worth of wear:
![](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d200/carebarexc/IMG_20110301_122912.jpg)
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Holy ****!!
That aluminum isn't a peace of the bell housing? Or Maybe the nose of the starter?? That would be my biggest concern, where that aluminum chunk came from. Do you run with or without that cover plate?
That aluminum isn't a peace of the bell housing? Or Maybe the nose of the starter?? That would be my biggest concern, where that aluminum chunk came from. Do you run with or without that cover plate?
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@Fazz73jr: The guys at the shop were thinking it could have been a piece of the starter too but they say they didn't see anything. And I do use the cover plate (which has been discontinued
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@duh: Those pins are actually out of the pressure plate. If you look in the upper left and lower left of the pressure plate pic, you can see little half-circles where they should be. The fingers on the pressure plate actually rotated a little so they kinda cover them up.
As far as the clutch, it was a spec stage 2. It was grabby and felt great once I was moving but it had horrible chatter from day 1. The two times I had it out, counting this most recent, I noticed bad hot spots on the flywheel and pressure plate. I know others have had good experiences with spec but I won't be buying one again.
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@duh: Those pins are actually out of the pressure plate. If you look in the upper left and lower left of the pressure plate pic, you can see little half-circles where they should be. The fingers on the pressure plate actually rotated a little so they kinda cover them up.
As far as the clutch, it was a spec stage 2. It was grabby and felt great once I was moving but it had horrible chatter from day 1. The two times I had it out, counting this most recent, I noticed bad hot spots on the flywheel and pressure plate. I know others have had good experiences with spec but I won't be buying one again.