Bought myself a new clutch..

[Meatyshells]

I ordered myself a brand new Centerforce Dual Friction to replace my crappy spec stage one clutch which i have had problems with the day i bought it.

ever sense i bought the spec clutch it has been nothing but problems...

it has chattered sense day one and is now barely a year old and its worthless. When i first got it, it had problems disengaging in the higher rpms. That kinda went away. Then it started not wanting to let go at the top of 1st gear.

Now the pedal doesnt even want to come up all the way, and it wont disengage pretty much at anything over 4500 rpms really.

I know its not the master, or the slave, they are both pretty much brand new. (less than 10k on the slave and about 7k on the master) And there is no air in the line. If i put it intogear and rev the engine with the clutch all the way in, the car will start to move forward, in the high rpms


sooooo i ordered a Centerforce Dual Friction clutch, hopfully it last longer then my crappy spec clutch.

[ssms5411]

Re: Bought myself a new clutch..

Good luck with that one, also I would use the stock TOB when you change clutches out. I know the spec one was a piece of crap compared to the stock one(when I had my M5 with the Spec 3). Also the stock bushing was better than the spec one. Did you use a new flywheel last time? If not I would get a new one for $120, just because resurfacing you never know about. Just some suggestions for ya. Good luck with the install.

[Meatyshells]

Re: Bought myself a new clutch..

yeah i used a new stock TOB and the flywheel is only a year old. I did how ever use the pilot bearing spec gave me, which lasted about a month before it literally exploded in my car.

[ssms5411]

Re: Bought myself a new clutch..

^ The stock one is made better, the TOB and pilot bushing. Sounds like you should be fine with the flywheel, just double check it for cracks or deep scuffing.

[Meatyshells]

Re: Bought myself a new clutch..

yeah i had it out a couple weeks ago, looked fine