my ram 910vds clutch was taken out by a trans shop and i saw it with my own eyes,it's shot.i only have 1,200mi on it and my slave (19,000mi)is junk too. has anyone ever had this problem? i called ram and they told me the 910 was not a clutch that should be in a street car,i should have the 980.allen at futral motorsports told me the 910 is what i need for my set up,heads and cam w/nos. now i dont know what the fuc* to use,ram will re-build the clutch for $80.00 but i don't know if i should reuse the 910 or the 980? does anyone know what went wrong with this 910w/only 1,200mi on it? and i have never used nos on this clutch. this is a street car but go to the track 4or5 times a year,but street race alot. thanks, mike c.

 

How was your 910 shimmed?

I have more miles than that on my 910.

 

Did you install an asjustable master cylinder or make yours adjustable? The pressure plate fingers are sure to be in a different place than the stocker and the slave may have been pushing on the pressure plate fingers with the pedal fully out. Where was your engagement point, high or low?

Also, did you replace the flywheel when you put it in? How did it look when it was torn apart? The 910 disk is cintered iron on both sides and will eat into the stock flywheel after not too long. The 910 is the disk for you if you are spraying on top of a H/C package as the 980 is only rated @ 500 HP whereas the 910 is 600 HP, but again, not with a stock flywheel. RAM probably said it's not for a street car because of the chatter that can come out of it with both sides being cintered iron.

I would have it rebuilt and put in a forged flywheel, slave and adjustable CMC.

 

I have probably 15,xxx miles on mine and I am doing just fine. Went to the track this past weekend and cut 1.4's all day. Mine is a EVERY day street car, 65 mile roundtrip to just work and back.
Dane

 

Hmm this is kinda intersting cause my ram 910 does engage really high even with the adjustable master put all the way down, It seems to engage/disengage fully and shifts fine but I also thought it was weird that the engagement point was so high, One thing I know is that Ram says to make it to where you clutch engages as close to the floor as possible which is what I tried to do but I cannot adjust my master any lower lol. I bet it is the shims that pushes the pp closer to the slave and this is what causes the high engagement point.

 

5-LITER EATER-.yes i do have the mcleod adj master(i adjusted nothing,i hope the trans shop did)my engagement point was middle or alittle higher. yes i put in the ram flywheel too,(it's now shot)how did it look torn apart,messed up lots of wear on everything(both sides of disc and flywheel needs to be resurfaced).i also had NO chatter on this clutch. my slave is shot all to hell too. so...does this sound like the trans shop did'nt set it up right? will my clutch not working right make my car not run as fast? where can i get install instructions so the next shop can get it right? thanks,mike c.....what is an adj cmc?

 

install instructions and recommendations are right on rams site, did you ride the clutch alot? It is an on off clutch so if you rode it alot maybe that contributed to the wear. Something seems weird though cause most say the cluth will last longer.

 

yes i slip the clutch on take off,but i don't ride the **** out of it. 1,200mi and the slave,disc,and flywheel is all but toasted.

 

My Rev-lok sintered iron disc has about 15,000 .I put the adj. master in about 5,000 ago.At the track sometimes several times a week. I have stock flywheel and I launch on ET streets This clutch has been flawless, absotutely streetable and hits hard ! Never even a hint of slippage . I have heard good things about the rams and had thought about getting one. $$ made me try the McLeod.


Paul

 

I am up to 1000 on my ram 910. I did a 500 mile trip home, and stopped and let it cool off a few times to get some heat cycles. Didn't start romping on it til about 600-700. Its starting to chatter less and feel really good. I pray it doesn't die at 1500, because I can't afford to fix it So I hope your the only on with this problem. There are alot of things that will cause premature wear on a clutch disk, and crappy engagement/disengagement is one of them. Definately something that can be caused by a master cylinder. FWIW: My ram 980 had like 8k on it when taken out, and I was told it looked fine. I also did ride the 910 clutch a few days when I first got it until I got taking off down to a science with it. It grabs alot quicker than the 980.

Peace,
Josh

 

"FWIW: My ram 980 had like 8k on it when taken out, and I was told it looked fine."

Why did you take your 980 out?

 

Futral replaced it under warranty. Apparently mine was an old design disk, and there was engagement issues with it.

Peace,
Josh

 

ram is re-building my clutch as we speak. it's going to cost me $80.00+labor. this should of never of happened on a new setup broke in right.if the ram fails again then i'm going with a new clutch.

 

I have a new ram 910 for my c5. didn't install it yet...

 

Go get a Mcleod Rev-loc, single disk, or street twin and be done with it! I leave at 6700RPM all the time on mine (single disk), got a ton of miles on it (a ton of track passes too) and it's friggin bulletproof! No BS shimming and crap with the mcleod adj master, and no chatter either.

Good luck on whichever route you choose.

 

99ws6-if the ram fails again,i'll give the rev-lok a try.
mattzo6-ram is rebuilding mine,and i already bought a new flywheel AGAIN. thanks.

 

I have a 910 and I have no chatter at all. This is NOT a clutch that was intended for the street. If you heat it up to much you will fry it! You can not sit on a hill with this clutch and rid it. I do take mine on the street but not very often, but when I do I really watch how much I am using it. At the track I launch at 6000 and dump it and it is holding up like a champ and feels great. It is all your preference. Do you want a street clutch or race clutch?

 

Just have to remember that its an on/off clutch. i drive mine pretty much every weekend in traffic and to the track w/ 5000+ drops and it doenst miss a beat. the only real chatter I get is going in reverse otherwise its pretty smooth. just dont slip it and you'll be fine.

JR

 

Mike C. ----- Any word from RAM on your clutch? Did they take a look at it yet? Keep us updated as we are interested in what happened.

Good luck!

 

UPDATE: ram is rebuilding my clutch,they are turning my 910 to a 980. they think my clutch was never disengaging(did i spell that right?) all the way and sliping causing it to wear fast. i do have the mcleod adj master BUT never did the drillout mod to it,ram thinks this may also be a problem.so,i'm adding a new slave,performong the drillout mod to my adj master and will be installing the new 980 this week. i hope the broblem will be solved,if not i will look into other options. thanks for all the help,mike c.