Anyone know how i can tell how much meat is left on a clutch? Thanks for all the help!

 

help!

 

Get up to about 40mph, put the car in 5th, and floor it. If your RPMs increase and your speed doesnt, your clutch is on its last leg.

Thats the only way I know of testing a clutch without taking it out.

 

well the clutch is out, i just bought it ...

 

anyone

 

believe you measure the distance from the rivets to the top of the friction surface using calipers. I'm not sure what the recommended replacement measure is.

This is a picture of a completely toasted gsr clutch:


There should at least be some meat beyond the gold circles in that picture - they're normally recessed slightly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vindicator9000 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">believe you measure the distance from the rivets to the top of the friction surface using calipers. I'm not sure what the recommended replacement measure is.

This is a picture of a completely toasted gsr clutch:


There should at least be some meat beyond the gold circles in that picture - they're normally recessed slightly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well the clutch i have goes above the rivets, ill post pics when i get home!

 

from a dead stop, try to take off in third. if u can, clutch is bad. or try to take off in second and the clutch shouldnt slip much.

 

once again clutch is not in the car, its out ... i dont wanna put it in just to find out if its good or not, too much work

 

If its an OEM clutch get the reject sizes for it, other than that your just gonna have to look at it and make a descion, if you've ever seen a good clutch and a bad clutch its usually pretty easy to tell the difference

 

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This doesn't make sense. You should be able to take off in any gear without stalling with the right amount of slippage. I think a better indicator would be if you are able to chirp 2nd by shifting really fast. If you can, your clutch is fine.

 

well heres the pics, its a street disc clutch made by act i payed 100, lmk guys i appreciate all your help!

 

i'm too lazy to go look up the specs...

but i'll tell you if you're close to touching the rivets and the grooves in the friction surface are gone, go ahead and put a new one in.

 

another good test while the clutch is installed is to start the car, hold the cluth pedal in and put the car in 5th gear...then just let go of the clutch pedal...if the car dies instantly youre ok, if it takes a moment, it is slipping

 

Is the ACT street disk actually different from a stock disk? I thought only the pressure plate was different.....

 

That clutch looks fine, just make sure your flywheel is good and pressue plate are good.

 

That clutch looks fine too me if you really want to find out just measure the thickness of the clutch and compare it to its spec!

 

ok thanks guys!