My clutch problem resolved

[v8nhh]

Further to my posts about my clutch which went wrong , enclosed are pictures showing what the problem was for those of you who thought it might be just boiled fluid Yikes!!!!!



New clutch fitted and normal service resumed.

Edited by v8nhh on Thursday 7th December 12:43

[phrich]

When I saw those photos I almost felt as though I should hit the "report abuse" button on the top right of the screen.

[stevieturbo]

Agreed...

Clutches may fail, and slip, and do many nasty things.

But for a clutch to get to that state, it is 100% down to the driver.

Yes, they clutch may have started slipping for other reasons, but to end up as bad as that, the driver must have continued abusing the car, or driving hard with the clutch slipping.

[BO55 VXR]

Is that picture bad then?

[stevieturbo]

Ive seen worse, but yes, its bad enough.

[ringram]

Nice job mate, looks like something owned by Jacques Cousteau.

[v8nhh]

Note there was absolutely no clutch slip what so ever just changed gear from 5 to 4 and it wouldn't engage, as for driver error , I don't do burnouts,180's etc and am not an opposite lock monkey so hardly driver error!! the original owner of the car doesn't come across as this type either .Only thing I do is change from 2nd to fourth or 3 to 5 during acceleration. Also some times on slowing 5 to 3 or 6 to 4 to 2, have been told this doesn't help so have changed driving to suite.

Edited by v8nhh on Thursday 7th December 12:44

[Woody vt]

Similar look to mine when it went. Spun centre on the friction plate and split from the inside of the friction material out. A right mess which I'm sure Test123 can vouch for. I don't do burnouts or flog it to within an inch of its life either. Previous owner however wasn't the most gentle with either the left or right peddle.

[bennno]

get those framed in a nice glass case and hang on the wall.

inscribed 'monaro clutch, nurburgring 2006'

bennno

[count duckula]

v8nhh said:

so can only conclude that owner between us did 3000 miles of very hard driving (he added ripshifter strut brace,and naged every rim and the brakes were a mess when I purchased car)

Still here, never abused the car, never even made the back end slide, strut brace and rip shifter were cheap and effective mods, ( could not tell the difference the strut brace made but it looked good ).
Only back 2 wheels were curbed ( turning into a shop entrance and crawling speed ), never had issues with brakes as they were never heavily used.

Malc

Edited by count duckula on Tuesday 15th August 09:53