BAH!! I'm driving over to a party tonight, and my clutch (like 45 days old!) slips! I accidentally drove past the turnoff for the house, so i pulled over to do a turnabout.. i back out into the road, put it in 1st, and half-drop (quick, but not a real 'drop') at only 2100 or so, then floor it.. the revs go up, but the car lags behind, slowly catching up to the 30 mph that my 4500 rpm requires...

Burnt clutch does not smell good.

But whew... warranty!

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91 T/A 305
STB, Airfoil, Hooker cat-back, pseudo-cold air to K&N, Accel coil, !cat, !smog pump.
300 lb*ft of rice churning power.

 

Tesla,

Be thankful you don't have a Fiero. "Remove the powertrain cradle, remove the engine, replace the clutch, install the engine, replace the cradle onto the vehicle."

Two days later you have your car running again. I've done three complete clutches with throwout levers in less than 20,000 miles. If I ever get the crash damage repaired, I'm thinking of getting an extra engine assembly on hand just to have as a spare...What a PITA!

Sorry yours failed, but it could be worse. Are you sure you don't have a hydraulic/linkage problem? You really shouldn't have eaten a disc in less than a couple of months unless something was wrong with it or the installation.

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Later,
Vader
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"Make Me Bad"
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

 

I had the same problem after a clutch install and had my clutch out 3 times before we realized the Flywheel had been turned too much and was under the specified thickness. Therefore, the clutch wasn't mating with the flywheel like it should. They did turn the flywheel right??

I also had a bad vibration when leaving from a dead stop and also linked it to the flywheel. It was warped and when it heated up it would warp even more. A year later I broke down and bought a new flywheel and haven't had any problems since.

Did you take it easy for a little while after the clutch was installed? It's sort of like new brakes, they will glaze over if you don't take it easy (no hard stops, ect) on them the first couple times driving. Either way you have a warranty so your in luck! Congrats! If the flywheel is out of tolerance then they can install spacers to bring it back out to where it needs to be which will save you the $200 to buy a new one or you can not worry about it and buy a new one.your money. Make sure they cleaned the flywheel surface good and didn't leave any grease on it or the clutch surface.

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1988 TA 300+hp 350 w/ TBI and Holley TB unit, Holley projection intake,
WC T-5, 3.42 gears w/ Auburn posi. MSD 6A, edelbrock TES headers, dynomax 3" cat and cat-back system, ACCEL coil, polyurethane bushings all around, aluminum driveshaft, Mr. Gasket open air cleaner.

1993 S-10 w/ 4.3L V6 TBI, slightly bigger cam, Mild polish job and 3 angle valve job on heads, Edlebrock TES headers, Dynomax cat back, MSD 6A, ADS chip

2000 Kawasaki KX 125

 

Yeah... I took it real easy for my first two tanks of gas (500-600 miles), and then after that eased back into my "standard" driving... Overall, I've been pretty nice to this clutch... a couple 1-2 chirps, but nothing real major..

Hmm..no, i'm not sure at all about the linkage or anything... I'll mention that when I take it back to them...

Funny.. the clutch was 28 days old, not the aforementioned 45 when this happened..hehe