WoW (tranny)

[bboyt3nsk]

this is pretty crazy...
I performed a cardinal sin by not checking my tranny before I put it in beause I thought it looked clean but after i got it running and had driven it for about 50 miles The clutch felt funny and made a noise every once in awhile and it was nothing out of the ordinary because ive been driving stick for a long time and knew that the clutch was on its way out but was still drivable,then one day on the way home from work i hear a "knock a ping ping" and then a sound that felt like it lhit the car but I know NOTHING couldve actually hit the car. A few weeks later I buy a clutch and am in the process of taking the bellhousing off I find this...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/bboyt3nsk1/DSC00911.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/bboyt3nsk1/DSC00910.jpg

Pretty crazy huh Im thinking itwas a rivet that the flywheel knocked loose and shot that F'er out of there...what do you guys think?

[chlatboy]

Nice hole. I cant think of anything inside your tranny that could do that unless its some sort of foreign object that shouldnt be there.

[SimpleSexy180]

ouch! OWNED! hope you find a new transmission

[bboyt3nsk]

lol nope thats some good old fashion ventilation!

It ende dup being 3 fingers broke off the pressure plate and did some major damage in there...which totally explains all the clutch chatter,lol

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/bboyt3nsk1/DSC00919.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/bboyt3nsk1/DSC00917.jpg

[95Blue240sx]

Whoa thats crazy. No other damage? Flywheel ok? i want ventilation!

[bboyt3nsk]

those fingers went every where in there and tore shit up.the flywheel, luckily, only needs to be turned down a little

Would anyone be able to tell me what kind of clutch disk that is in the pic...because I KNOW thats not stock

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/bboyt3nsk1/DSC00916.jpg

[Al_S14]

hard to tell who makes thta tclutch unless it is stamped on it but one thing i can tell you is chatter you were having is normal with discs like this bc disc/plate combos like that allow very limited slipage ... it wasnt the pressure plate.

[420sx]

u can still weld that hole up. unless theres damage beyond just a hole. 30 bux at a weld shop

[bboyt3nsk]

Hmm I didnt even think link the chatter to the clutch harshness...I forgot about that...
I think ill just let the hole be. Its not that big of a deal and its small. I thought it would also cost more to get patche dup!

[FRpilot]

it looks like exedy stage 2 for sr off the top of my head, but it could be any type of 3puck clutch disk. maybe it looks like exedy stage 2 to me because thats the only 3 puck ive seen/recall off the top of my head for SR

[bboyt3nsk]

I was looking around and I thought it looks like a Cusco rocket clutch disk or metal reinforced disk

It does look like an exedy

[SilviaNinja240]

OH SNAP! (no pun intended, kinda)

hope that it`s nothing too serious to patch up, unless there is some other mystery damage

[S14DB]

Learn how-to down shift properly? :rolleyes:

[bboyt3nsk]

yeah the clutch was on the way out, like I said before. It was just a matter of time. I drive dump trucks for a side job, I know how to drive stick.

[mrmephistopheles]

meh i wouldn't even worry about the hole. If anything, JB Weld it.
grab a new disk and plate, get your flywheel resurfaced, and call it a day.

[S14DB]

Yeah that Dump truck that downshifted and jerked droping gravel on my hood on the road...

[S14DB]

http://media.centerforce.com/DiagGuide/DiagnosticGuide04DL.pdf

[shift_knob]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/twopointsl0w/DSC00306.jpg

This is what i found when i pulled my trans off. That stupid little spring was catching on the diaphragm spring on the pressure plate. Even if i pushed the clutch all the way in, the clutch assembly would not disengage. That little spring was able to transfer all the power of a KA to the drivetrain - crazy sh!t.

[broken_s13]

JB Weld, my friend.