phasewest

So I was driving home the other day from work when as I pass a truck I noticed the clutch didn't quite disengage for the downshift. When I passed the next truck the clutch didn't disengage at all. So, when I removed the clutch today, some little bits came falling out as well. Here are a couple of snaps.







I'm pretty sure that this would have something to do with the malfunction considering I have already inspected all of the other clutch system components and they were all fine. I guess I'm more or less looking for a second opinion. Anybody got any thoughts?

Hondaruss

Ive had about 3 clutches do this to me. I think is from beating the hell ot out of. I have an aggressive driving style. i would down shift very hard passing people and or launching hard. ever since i changed my style. no clutch problems.. just my 02.

phasewest

So you're saying that your clutch would fail to disengage while driving as well as suffering a catastrophic failure?

ejoner

That looks like a stock replacement exedy clutch of which as clearly stated on the box is not to be brought up to really high revs and to not be "hot-rodded". Thats what happens when you beat on your clutch, do you rev match when you down shift? or do you just let it out? How often do you launch it?

phasewest

Actually that's a centerforce dual-friction clutch, I just took pictures of the sides that do stuff, not the shiny orange side. I always rev-match, and the car is used primarily as a hot-rodded commuter with a 30 mile drive to work and back. It does however have about 125,000 miles on this clutch but there are no significant ridges or valleys in the flywheel or pressure plate that indicate abnormal wear. I was a littel startled by the cracks in the disk.

sicones

125,000 miles is time for a new clutch, I've seen this happen before its nothing new, get a new clutch and stay away from centerforce

phasewest

What's wrong with centerforce? It worked really well up until recently. Seriously, I had no prior issues...

phasewest

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sicones

my friend bought a "performance" centerforce clutch once, it was just a stock clutch and PP painted red, it was weak ****

Historyg

ACT ftw. my 02 cents

ic

it's common practice for clutch manufacturers to modify OEM (Exedy, Daiken, etc.) clutch discs and pressure plates. This is a legitimate way to increase the performance of a clutch. If you got 125K miles out of your clutch with a 'hot rod' driving style, then you got your money's worth.