LUK clutch blew, stranded......

[blu_fuz]

Ill see how many spring windows are on mine.

 

[blu_fuz]

Motor and trans are pulled.

The LUK center spline coller is ripped free of the clutch disc. The clutch disc itself has such little wear, probably could have gotten 100k+ miles from it if the center didn't fail.


I'm going to email LUK and send them this video of my clutch disc :nonono: :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tAp92qvXs&feature=g-upl

 

[fogartyjohn]

My friend justin's brand new luk clutch just went out also maybe 10k on it and the disk just disintegrated

 

[blu_fuz]

Only 10k miles?!?! This is not good. Makes me not want to put a LUK clutch in....... I don't want a spec either because of the spring window issue.

 

[fogartyjohn]

Probably not even 10k on it I put it in right after spring zing lite this year.

Here is a pic of my spec stg3+ with only 40k on it.

 

[blu_fuz]

Holy •••• that spec is f'd! I guess I would rather have the spline fail then the spring windows fall apart. Damn :nonono:

 

[rexxdoggy]

Both my LUK clutches did the same thing. Maybe try looking into clutchnet?

 

[fogartyjohn]

Yeah the luk clutch I just pulled out of my car had the same issue

 

[rexxdoggy]

I'd love to see what the company will respond with when you send the video to them.

 

[fogartyjohn]

They probably would not do anything find some dumb excuse to blame it on

 

[blu_fuz]

Now I don't want to put the car back together..... makes me feel sick.

 

[fogartyjohn]

yep what is this world coming to man. its a shame you can not buy quality parts for our cars without having to worry about them failing 10K miles later. good thing there is a rare breed of people like me and you out there who can do the work easily.

 

[RFcsvt]

This is bizarre, I would not put another LUK kit in my car based on this. Stage 2 clutchnet maybe?

 

[blu_fuz]

I don't know about any other clutch kit that's worth a damn.

What are the reviews on clutchnet stuff for our cars?


She's much dirtier than when I installed it. Yanked it out on saturday.

NEEDS:
-2 ball joints
-main coolant hose
-drivers wheel bearing
-crank seal
-DMD (had to cut old one off :nonono: )
-both axle seals
-shift rod input shaft seal
-clutch (obviously)
-axle boots re-packed and re-clamped
-wiper cowl (my fault)
-re-surface flywheel
-non leaky '95 fuel rail/injectors


And I have a few things sitting here to put in:
-thermostat
-fuel filter
-Accel yellow coil pack

Probably sandblasting the yellow paint off the trans case. It has been flaking off in huge chunks and looks like ass now.

 

[elraido]

Is that a mop?

 

[FFE]

I don't know about any other clutch kit that's worth a damn.

What are the reviews on clutchnet stuff for our cars?

So far I'm happy with the full faced yellow and yellow pressure plate. However Some say 3l should go with a red 6puck clutch

 

[BrApple]

so far so good on the red 6-puck clutchnet clutch kit in my turbo car.

just keep in mind that the amount of friction material on the disk before you get to the rivet is alot less then a oem stock clutch. Its not going to last anywhere near as long.


And if it makes you feel any better it took me the better part of the summer to pick a new clutch kit and get my car back together after the clutch failed on the way home from SZ that year.

 

[blu_fuz]

I found Sam's old thread on a clutchnet failure: http://www.contour.org/ceg-vb/showt...-failure-with-6K-miles...-discuss-pics-inside...




FFE and BrApple, how many miles do you guys have on each of your setups?


So this stage 1 has the closed spring windows but has thicker friction material?:
http://clutchnet.com/clutches?page=...ge.pbv.v2.tpl&product_id=591&category_id=1326

From what I am reading it ok to use the Clutchnet disc with LUK pressure plate and TOB like these, correct?:

 

[2000ZxT]

I literally have like 5 miles on my car with the Clutchnet clutch I got, so longevity I cannot speak for... however.... this has been the only non-oem clutch i have EVER been happy with right off the bat. I just did a aftermarket clutch in my Audi that thing sucked so hard (as usual) for the first 1,000 miles. Clutchnet is awesome, I hear nothing but good things which is why I went with them.o

Notice the Raybestos clutch material in that pic above^^ They use quality parts.

 

[fogartyjohn]

Yes that is a mop!
I'll let u know how I like my clutchnet stg2 with red pressure plate soon once it ever comes in.

Just did both trans seals on my care they are a huge pain in the ass lol. My engine was in the car though.