Isn't that a bit premature for the life of that clutch? Bad driving habits from the PO? Improper installation and/or inferior parts?trb wrote: As I mentioned before the PO had the clutch and slave cylinder replaced about 2 yrs ago. He spent $1,450 on it!!!
In one ear and out the other. Sometimes referred to as "background noise"trb wrote: Oh, and I got the lecture about buying a manual transmission car in the first place, again today.
WAY premature. It only has about 12k miles on it, over the past 23 months. It was not the PO, as he got over 150K out of the prior clutch. The original one went out at about 40K miles a year after the PO bought the car in 2005. My bet is it's probably a contaminated clutch disc due to oil leaks, or possibly a bad install or cheap product. I know I drove it a bit harder and slipped it a bit at times, but no way it could have caused a failure. I have about 350K of manual trans driving experience from the past 30 years.tpollauf wrote:Isn't that a bit premature for the life of that clutch? Bad driving habits from the PO? Improper installation and/or inferior parts?trb wrote: As I mentioned before the PO had the clutch and slave cylinder replaced about 2 yrs ago. He spent $1,450 on it!!!
Thanks for the info. I read on Monkey Wrench Racing that they recommend the Pennzoil Synchromesh for street cars, and a Pennzoil/ Redline MT90 blend on street/strip cars. I'm thinking a blend might be best on mine.ken99287 wrote:Remember to get some gl-4 75w90 first. I believe we use gl-4 specifically and cannot use the gl-4/gl-5 dual spec oil or the plain gl-5. I found that plain gl-4 is not readily available and you'll be kicking yourself if you get the job done but have to wait a week for the oil to come in.
Red Line MT90 75w90 seems to work well and is one of the most inexpensive. I believe you'll need to buy 3 quarts at about $15 each from Amazon.com.
I believe others have had good luck with amsoil and castrol syntorque products.
I balked at the 8 hour job time estimate, but it turned out to be pretty spot on. I broke it up between two days cuz the dang parts man ordered me the base model rear main seal even though I told him I needed the one for the gt, the 2zz, the 6sp, the 10%, not the base model, not the 5sp, not the auto, not the 1zz, not the 90%. Parts guys - they just think they know more about your car than you do!
WOW ... that's one messed up clutch plate If this shop is a reputable shop then hopefully they'll take your advice and NOT use any of these junk parts on future vehicles. If it is a shop that clearly doesn't give a s h i t, then give them a piece of your mind and tell them to stop padding their wallet at the expense of the customer and put the customer FIRST!trb wrote:
I'm going to call the shop that did the work and let them know how this clutch failed after only 12K miles. Not like I expect them to do anything, but they should know how this POS part failed.
I did call the shop and told them about it, but I didn't tell him I bought it from his customer. I figured he would blow me off if I told him I was not the same owner. He could not believe it failed in 12K miles, but I told him I knew it was out of warranty, I just wanted to let him know about the lack of quality in the part his shop got. They looked up the invoice and the manager said he wanted to talk to his supplier about it, and that it was listed as an OEM clutch. I told him no, it may have been sold as OEM, but it was for sure not OEM quality and let him know I already bought an Exedy clutch which is an OEM company. He thought the supplier might contribute to the labor on the replacement, so he said he would check and call "me" (the prior owner) back. I let the prior owner know via voicemail that his shop might call him back about it and if he wanted to talk to them, go ahead. He might get lucky and get some money back on it.tpollauf wrote:WOW ... that's one messed up clutch plate If this shop is a reputable shop then hopefully they'll take your advice and NOT use any of these junk parts on future vehicles. If it is a shop that clearly doesn't give a s h i t, then give them a piece of your mind and tell them to stop padding their wallet at the expense of the customer and put the customer FIRST!trb wrote:
I'm going to call the shop that did the work and let them know how this clutch failed after only 12K miles. Not like I expect them to do anything, but they should know how this POS part failed.
Yes, it is much better after I tightened the strut bolts! But it still has some torque steer - LOL! I know the rear transmission mount does have some cracks and I plan to replace it, and I found out the passenger side mount is also cracked. Probably due to my hoist and jack, since they both bled down over night and let the motor hang by the one mount for a while. Could have been a couple of days of hanging before I realized it! Luckily I found both mounts for $115 on Rockauto, vs about $250 from my local parts place.ken99287 wrote:If the shop goes through with all they said they would do, that's pretty cool. I'd do business with them again(if I ever take my car to the shop). Ever get the front shimmy thing fixed?