Why are the Pucks on the disc of my Monster clutch are worn down to the rivets?
08-31-2012, 11:30 AM
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Why are the Pucks on the disc of my Monster clutch are worn down to the rivets? Ok this may have nothing to do with Monster Clutches ..I actually want to order another one now...but.... The clutch I have / had now is a level 4 Monster clutch...up to 700/hp & tq , I only make 470rwhp all motor off of my Ls1 with stock bottom end and clutch has been in there for 2yrs. But only about 17k miles!
Prior to that I had a Textralia Clutch for about 2yrs too and the pucks were worn to the rivets too! that had about 30k miles on it.
My car up too the last few months was a daily driver, during the last 4 yrs saw the track only twice. I used to have to go through alot of stop n go city type traffic, and yes on a long empty back road or down a lonely freeway and on the street I would OPEN it up and let it rip
I had to go out of town occasionally and right there was another 400-500 mile trip ..etc
I don't know why these pucks on these high rated clutches keep wearing down so fast.... or is that normal?? Is it my driving style....maybe something I'm doing wrong??
thanks in advance for any input
Prior to that I had a Textralia Clutch for about 2yrs too and the pucks were worn to the rivets too! that had about 30k miles on it.
My car up too the last few months was a daily driver, during the last 4 yrs saw the track only twice. I used to have to go through alot of stop n go city type traffic, and yes on a long empty back road or down a lonely freeway and on the street I would OPEN it up and let it rip
I had to go out of town occasionally and right there was another 400-500 mile trip ..etcI don't know why these pucks on these high rated clutches keep wearing down so fast.... or is that normal?? Is it my driving style....maybe something I'm doing wrong??
thanks in advance for any input
08-31-2012, 12:03 PM
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Ok this may have nothing to do with Monster Clutches ..I actually want to order another one now...but.... The clutch I have / had now is a level 4 Monster clutch...up to 700/hp & tq , I only make 470rwhp all motor off of my Ls1 with stock bottom end and clutch has been in there for 2yrs. But only about 17k miles!
Prior to that I had a Textralia Clutch for about 2yrs too and the pucks were worn to the rivets too! that had about 30k miles on it.
My car up too the last few months was a daily driver, during the last 4 yrs saw the track only twice. I used to have to go through alot of stop n go city type traffic, and yes on a long empty back road or down a lonely freeway and on the street I would OPEN it up and let it rip I had to go out of town occasionally and right there was another 400-500 mile trip ..etc
I don't know why these pucks on these high rated clutches keep wearing down so fast.... or is that normal?? Is it my driving style....maybe something I'm doing wrong??
thanks in advance for any input
Prior to that I had a Textralia Clutch for about 2yrs too and the pucks were worn to the rivets too! that had about 30k miles on it.
My car up too the last few months was a daily driver, during the last 4 yrs saw the track only twice. I used to have to go through alot of stop n go city type traffic, and yes on a long empty back road or down a lonely freeway and on the street I would OPEN it up and let it rip
I had to go out of town occasionally and right there was another 400-500 mile trip ..etcI don't know why these pucks on these high rated clutches keep wearing down so fast.... or is that normal?? Is it my driving style....maybe something I'm doing wrong??
thanks in advance for any input
Shoot me an email to steve@monsterclutches.com, we'll go from there.
FYI - Because you're an existing customer you can purchase individual parts from us, no need to buy and entire kit.
08-31-2012, 12:55 PM
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Thanks for the info guys... I am emailing now.
And to add, I am very happy with my clutch, as a matter of fact in this case as with the Textralia, the only reason why I changed them is NOT because the clutches were bad, its because the mechanic was down there doing something else like swapping my transmission and now we are doing an engine swap... and each time we happen to look and they seemed worn, so it wasn't because the clutch was actually bad.
But I am getting with SNL right now.
And to add, I am very happy with my clutch, as a matter of fact in this case as with the Textralia, the only reason why I changed them is NOT because the clutches were bad, its because the mechanic was down there doing something else like swapping my transmission and now we are doing an engine swap... and each time we happen to look and they seemed worn, so it wasn't because the clutch was actually bad.
But I am getting with SNL right now.
08-31-2012, 03:22 PM
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Ok the mechanic just said something about the guide bolts are digging into the flywheel, or maybe it was the disc with the pucks...well one of the two so its causing wear.... any ideas on that?
