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Old 05-05-2004, 10:46 PM
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RAM 980 setup no problems at all until I installed the LS6 intake and then started getting a coolant leak on the back part of the motor which leaked all over the transmission. Could some coolant leaked on the disk and could it have eaten the organic surface of the disk. getting alot of slipping now.?????
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Nobody huh....... Just wondering if the RAM guys could tell me if Coolant would eat the organic material on the disk...??????????

Cluth is only 6 months old....
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It won't 'eat' it, but it will soak it up like a sponge and is very difficult to get off the disc. Probably will need to have new facings put on the disc - give us a call.
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Going to have the 910 put in and have you guys rebuild the 980 disk...... but my main question is will it make the clutch slip..... I a guessing yes because of the foreign fluid being on the surface area....
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Before you do that put the car up and get 2 or 3 cans of brake clean and pull out one of the 15mm bolts on the pass side tranny to bellhousing. put the straw on the brake clean give it a lil bend to the left and stick it in and give it hell. It would work even better if you pulled the trans and hosed the disck off but I have saved lots brake shoes after wheel cylinders leaked on them just by housing themoff. Its cheaper then a new clutch to try it.
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The fluid could definitely make the clutch slip. As for the brake clean thing, it might work, but I have never seen it do so. You could try it...



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