RickDaTuner
09-27-2006, 09:04 PM
posted on nasioc, but i though i would share with the beyond crew aswell
Just wanted to share with you guys the remnants of my blown STi clutch
I used to track the car quite frequently last summer, so its not in the best of condition, but i never used to side step the clutch from 6k, it was always 4.5k "soft" launches, I did how ever at more than one occasion lend my car out to who i though to be trust worthy individuals, man was that a mistake
The end result of those people doing hard launches was the clutch springs coming out of their perspective housing, on closer inspection it was the result of a sheared rivet that caused the problems
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/three.jpg
the disk on the flywheel, still had tons of clutch material left
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/four.jpg
the pressure plate, despite how it looks in this picture there isn't any hotspost, but there is some scoring from the spring cage when it let go which are the dark spots you see
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/one.jpg
again the camera has made this look worse than it actually is, along with with a few days outside it's accumulated some rust
and finally
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/two.jpg
a clear shot of the sprung.... springs lol
let me say changing out the clutch was pretty darn easy, had it not been for me just having a few floor jacks to get the tranny back in, it would have been even easier, but i would never do it again.. lol
Just wanted to share with you guys the remnants of my blown STi clutch
I used to track the car quite frequently last summer, so its not in the best of condition, but i never used to side step the clutch from 6k, it was always 4.5k "soft" launches, I did how ever at more than one occasion lend my car out to who i though to be trust worthy individuals, man was that a mistake
The end result of those people doing hard launches was the clutch springs coming out of their perspective housing, on closer inspection it was the result of a sheared rivet that caused the problems
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/three.jpg
the disk on the flywheel, still had tons of clutch material left
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/four.jpg
the pressure plate, despite how it looks in this picture there isn't any hotspost, but there is some scoring from the spring cage when it let go which are the dark spots you see
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/one.jpg
again the camera has made this look worse than it actually is, along with with a few days outside it's accumulated some rust
and finally
http://www3.telus.net/duarpa/two.jpg
a clear shot of the sprung.... springs lol
let me say changing out the clutch was pretty darn easy, had it not been for me just having a few floor jacks to get the tranny back in, it would have been even easier, but i would never do it again.. lol