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Exedy Clutch destruction at Rockingham Motor Speedway

Old 05-19-2005, 05:10 AM
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I was running the PCA club track event this past weekend and about 15 laps into the weekend the clutch decided to "not release".

I will be calling Exedy in the next few days to discuss the "warranty" on this unit....

Exedy K20A Stage I Organic
Toda Flywheel
29K miles

As you can tell from the friction material and PP surface, the clutch had plenty of life left.
































Old 05-19-2005, 05:40 AM
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yikes.

is the hub tempered, or is it blued from heat during use?
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wow. that really blows. i'd be on the phone now.

i noticed you put warranty in quotes... is there no sort of legit buyer protection program with Exedy?
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wow that thing looks really bad.
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Now that is destruction!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k20whitevic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Now that is destruction! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep, pretty busted.
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Damn, that sucks.

Hopefully exedy takes care of you.
Old 05-20-2005, 07:10 AM
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Damn that sucks bro. I was thinking of getting an excedy clutch too, please keep us informed of how this ends. If they have shitty customer service they will not see my business.
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you put 29k miles on it...

isn't the exedy warranty 12k miles or 1 year?
Old 06-03-2005, 10:15 AM
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I thought I read somewhere that Exedy suggests using an Exedy Flywheel on the new Civic Si. That might give you warranty issues.
Old 06-09-2005, 09:10 PM
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thats the coolest thing I've seen in weeks.

OEM &gt; Exedy.

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damn i haven't seen that before
Old 06-10-2005, 09:31 AM
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Happened to a stock clutch in my 93 Si, but that was after about 150k of abuse, so I would assume that 29k on a performance clutch would be fine. Seems I was mistaken .
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That picture looks familiar. I had the same thing happen on an Spec stage III sprung hub on the back straight at Road Atlanta going from third to fourth, it felt like a box full of nuetrals. No clutch. Cracked the spring window. Only had five hours on the clutch and I am the type of person who gets 100K+ on a clutch on a street car (rev match 99% of my downshifts). Drove my car from Birmingham, Al. to Road Atlanta (3hrs. driving). Sitting in the paddock I realized there is not one single traffic light from Road Atlanta to my home located in the semi-country near the interstate. Rolled the bitch down the paddock, cranked her up, snagged (literally a gear and upshifted to fifth). Drove it all the way home with no clutch.

Spec built me a new one free of charge. They might have changed the disc material a bit. They drilled stress relief holes in each corner of the spring window. Did two track events on it including going back to Road Atlanta. No problems. They treated me right.

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FYI exedy makes oem clutches.
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that sucks but dont you pound the poop out of this car like on a regular basis
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Default Re: Exedy Clutch destruction at Rockingham Motor Speedway (B18CXr)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18CXr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was running the PCA club track event this past weekend and about 15 laps into the weekend the clutch decided to "not release".

I will be calling Exedy in the next few days to discuss the "warranty" on this unit...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Jack, You posted this almost 2 months ago. Any updates yet?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 01geeser &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">FYI exedy makes oem clutches.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Daiken makes Exedy
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fugg exedy!

This is why I'm only considering unsprung clutches.....
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OS Giken all day long!!

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Old 07-07-2005, 11:24 AM
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that sucks but dont you pound the poop out of this car like on a regular basis


Yes, it's a POS and I hate it.
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yikes! hope that dosent happen to my exedy clutch.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18CXr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yes, it's a POS and I hate it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Isn't this the K24 franken-beast though? if so , why do you hate it so?
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ouch.
Old 07-08-2005, 05:15 AM
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Isn't this the K24 franken-beast though? if so , why do you hate it so?


nope, sold the swap over a year ago, running a different powerplant now

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