Ok i got my competition 2.5 clutch installed and i went to start it and as its cranking over and i can feel the clutch grabbing when i have the pedal all the way down and it made a light squealing noise.. so i turned it off right away...what could cause this?

 

need some suggestions on what to do.thanks

 

Could be a few things.

Did you install new bearings? Throwout and pilot?

 

yes i installed the new throw out bearing that came with the kit...and the pilot bearing was replaced not to long ago..

 

Is the fork attached to the TOB properly?

 

ya.. but im going to re check it right now anyways..

 

OK i took off the slave and found some metal shaving i guess i have to pull it all apart...Fml

 

Maybe the slave end of your clutchfork is being pushed too far and its hitting the spinning pressure plate? I know first hand that would cause the metal shavings and an obnoxious screech.

I could think of two things that would cause that

You make sure the pressure plate is tightened down enough? If its loose and sticking out enough, it will hit the fork when the fork is being pushed towards it.

Do you have an adjustable master cylinder? If that's the case you might just have to back it off a bit to prevent the rubbing.

 

Either that or your throwout bearing took a ****.

 

ya from what i can see it looks like the fork was rubbing the pressure plate..i torque it down correctly..

 

its a stock master cylinder

 

Might have torqued it correctly but was the PP sitting flush right up against the flywheel? That's a must make sure when the new clutch is going in.

 

That happened with my Spec Stage 3+. Had to grind the fork down a bit. Should be easy to see where grind from the contact made.

 

^Totally forgot about that, SS_RRR

Had to do the exact same thing to get my Spec Stage 2 to work.

 

I rolled around with a ground down clutchfork for a while, then at some point in my clutch swap adventures, I bought a new OEM fork and it worked fine without needing to be ground.

97REaper, the tips of the fork that make contact with the throwout bearing wear down over time, as you can see in SS_RRR's pic, and that's atleast part of what causes the fork/pressure plate rubbing. Basically, when those tips wear down enough, the fork is naturally positioned slightly closer to the pressure plate which causes the rubbing.

As long as the pressure plate is sitting flat on the flywheel, all you've gotta do is grind down your fork a bit.

 

ok thanks guys...it seem to fix the problem...thanks