Originally Posted by
redhors66
Whelp, my suspicions are confirmed. I decided to drop the transmission after work this afternoon and low and behold, the clutch was blown out completely on the pressure plate side and in tact on the fly wheel side. Someone was either hammering on it or riding the heck out of the clutch pedal. I've never seen a clutch completely separated from the disc before, It was literally in pieces being sandwiched together by the pressure plate. I took some photos and will upload when I have some time. Again, the car has 54k miles and I am the third owner. I bought it this way from someone on Craigslist. It has been sitting in their garage for the last 4 years waiting to fix itself I guess! Oh well, new Luc clutch on the way and I'll have it up and running before I know it.
And alot of traffic jams???
Ever notice why some semis have a large space between them and the vechicle in front of them???
So they don't have to touch the clutch, I do the same in my car when I am in traffic, that low 1st is great in traffic.
But dang, 54k on these clutches, someone was really rough.
How is the dual mass flywheel?
Are you changing it also?
Or just the clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing?
Everyone I have heard says you have to completely change out the dual mass flywheel when changing out the clutch but, have yet for someone to tell me why that is.