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04-21-2009, 07:24 AM
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His car didn't come with them he added them a long time ago when he had heads/cam installed at EPP.. Then when that motor blow up he had Al from LPE port them and repair them and then they were installed on his new first of two 383 ci short blocks from LPE...
04-21-2009, 07:46 AM
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About 40 bucks. They're handy to have around though as they also make brake bleeding (especially with ABS) MUUUUUUUCH better. A MityVac + speed bleeders and I did the brakes on the RX7 in 15 minutes, and that was with brand new hard and soft lines (so no fluid in the system to start).
We did Drew's clutch really quickly yesterday too, unfortunately he's got something wrong in the disc/pressure plate area.
Anyone have any ideas? When you press the clutch, it's got a LOT of pressure, too much for an LS7 actually, and there is a "pop" just before it gets to the floor. The clutch never disengages, even though we can hear the slave actuating. The master and slave are brand new and tested good. I'm thinking broken fingers on the pressure plate?
We did Drew's clutch really quickly yesterday too, unfortunately he's got something wrong in the disc/pressure plate area.
Anyone have any ideas? When you press the clutch, it's got a LOT of pressure, too much for an LS7 actually, and there is a "pop" just before it gets to the floor. The clutch never disengages, even though we can hear the slave actuating. The master and slave are brand new and tested good. I'm thinking broken fingers on the pressure plate?
04-21-2009, 10:57 AM
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We did Drew's clutch really quickly yesterday too, unfortunately he's got something wrong in the disc/pressure plate area.
Anyone have any ideas? When you press the clutch, it's got a LOT of pressure, too much for an LS7 actually, and there is a "pop" just before it gets to the floor. The clutch never disengages, even though we can hear the slave actuating. The master and slave are brand new and tested good. I'm thinking broken fingers on the pressure plate?
Anyone have any ideas? When you press the clutch, it's got a LOT of pressure, too much for an LS7 actually, and there is a "pop" just before it gets to the floor. The clutch never disengages, even though we can hear the slave actuating. The master and slave are brand new and tested good. I'm thinking broken fingers on the pressure plate?
Hopefully it will be something dreadfully obvious when we pull the trans out again.
04-21-2009, 11:04 AM
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I had a brand new centerforce that would not disengage... no matter how it was bled, adjusted or abused. We pulled it out and put it in a press to watch it work- the springs were just too stiff. They sent out another...
04-21-2009, 11:16 AM
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Yeah, that would make sense. But I ran this clutch all last season without any problems. I went to put it away and all the sudden I couldn't get into gear anymore. So we thought it was the slave.
04-21-2009, 12:17 PM
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Nate is correct,I purchased the LPE/LS6 heads while working @EPP very light porting at that point. Since then they have been better ported/hand blended/redecked/and bigger valves on intake and exhaust side along with upgraded retainers etc. Stock heads were 241's.
04-21-2009, 03:07 PM
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Blake, can you see thru an inspection cover that the slave is fully engaging with the pressure plate fingers? Is there any possibility that you may have flipped the friction disc backwards when installing. It sounds like the same thing that happened to me on a 12'' gm clutch i installed on a ups package truck. I got in too big of a hurry and put the PP side towards the fly wheel.
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04-21-2009, 03:27 PM
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Blake, can you see thru an inspection cover that the slave is fully engaging with the pressure plate fingers? Is there any possibility that you may have flipped the friction disc backwards when installing. It sounds like the same thing that happened to me on a 12'' gm clutch i installed on a ups package truck. I got in too big of a hurry and put the PP side towards the fly wheel.
04-21-2009, 03:34 PM
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Blake, can you see thru an inspection cover that the slave is fully engaging with the pressure plate fingers? Is there any possibility that you may have flipped the friction disc backwards when installing. It sounds like the same thing that happened to me on a 12'' gm clutch i installed on a ups package truck. I got in too big of a hurry and put the PP side towards the fly wheel.
04-21-2009, 03:57 PM
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if thats the case, then it sounds like a broke diaphram spring in the PP. If you had a used PP you could throw it in there to test it out.
I had a slightly similar thing happend this spring in the Mach. i had full pressure on the pedal, the release fork was moving and the pp felt fine. the friction disc some how adhered to the flywheel. IDK if it got wedged somehow on the steel plate and the aluminum housing of the FW,or what. It was a kevlar spec clutch and when i pulled the assembly i had to physically pry the friction disc off the flywheel. It for some reason decided it wanted to grow onto the steel plates for the flywheel. I really am not sure what caused that to happen.
I had a slightly similar thing happend this spring in the Mach. i had full pressure on the pedal, the release fork was moving and the pp felt fine. the friction disc some how adhered to the flywheel. IDK if it got wedged somehow on the steel plate and the aluminum housing of the FW,or what. It was a kevlar spec clutch and when i pulled the assembly i had to physically pry the friction disc off the flywheel. It for some reason decided it wanted to grow onto the steel plates for the flywheel. I really am not sure what caused that to happen.
04-21-2009, 06:37 PM
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if thats the case, then it sounds like a broke diaphram spring in the PP. If you had a used PP you could throw it in there to test it out.
I had a slightly similar thing happend this spring in the Mach. i had full pressure on the pedal, the release fork was moving and the pp felt fine. the friction disc some how adhered to the flywheel. IDK if it got wedged somehow on the steel plate and the aluminum housing of the FW,or what. It was a kevlar spec clutch and when i pulled the assembly i had to physically pry the friction disc off the flywheel. It for some reason decided it wanted to grow onto the steel plates for the flywheel. I really am not sure what caused that to happen.
I had a slightly similar thing happend this spring in the Mach. i had full pressure on the pedal, the release fork was moving and the pp felt fine. the friction disc some how adhered to the flywheel. IDK if it got wedged somehow on the steel plate and the aluminum housing of the FW,or what. It was a kevlar spec clutch and when i pulled the assembly i had to physically pry the friction disc off the flywheel. It for some reason decided it wanted to grow onto the steel plates for the flywheel. I really am not sure what caused that to happen.
Also, Darren is awesome for hooking me up with the part I needed!
to you!
04-21-2009, 07:27 PM
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Ben , bad news ,found out these brackets are for the rear bar not the front....too skinny for the bushing. Your welcome to try it but I would hate to give you the wrong thing. Sorry for the confusion.
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