It Was Post Traumatic Clutch Disorder

Dogpilot

Well, finally life gave me a day to fiddle with the Syncro and figure out what happened to my clutch. Got the tranny out in a not earth shattering 4.5 hours. Expectation was giving me fits to see what went wrong with a fairly young clutch. It turns out the lining completely gave way on the engine side of the clutch. It is hard to tell the exact sequence of what caused it, as it is now fairly fried and lord it does smell! So a LUK Heavy Duty Clutch is no guarantee of longevity You gets what you get.

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madspaniard · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject:

interesting,

I've read in the Yahoo Groups of other people having similar issues with their fairly new LUK clutches...
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ftp2leta · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject:

Well, that is bad! I have seen clutch damage but not that bad (not so old clutch). Another reason for me to stay away from LUK.

Thanks for sharing Dog.

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iceracer · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

What kind of driving were you doing prior to this happening? It looks like you abused the hell out of it which I am quessing you didn't do?
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peaceful warrior · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:

Wow

, that looks like a defect! I will stay away from LUK clutches.
BTW, does the name stand for "lotsa luk"? Laughing

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Dogpilot · Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject:

No abuse, I was on I-40 for about 3 hours, no gear changes, nothing, just cruising. It had been uneventful the entire way. No issues at the fuel stop, shifted fine up to 4th and stayed there for about 200 miles. It was not apparent until I had to slow and down shift in Kingman for construction. Some of the crispy effect is from trying to coax the Syncro off the freeway for the last mile or so to a safe to be towed from spot. It apparently just cut loose all at once. No cutting at the rivets. They may have overdriven the rivets, cutting the lining so very little material was holding it to the backplate.
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86 Syncro Westy AKA "The Bughunter"
98 Disco I
08 Range Rover SC
08 VW Rabbit S
1951 O-1G

edgood1 · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:31 am Post subject:

wow that sucks.

that was the stock supplied pressure plate, right?

there are some serious quality control issues going on here.
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Petervw · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:40 am Post subject:

Hopefully a definite answer can be established as to why this happened..I would like to be a little wiser about purchaseing my next clutch kit


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