silver 4.6's clutch trouble thread (fixed!!!)

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

yep.. Id be learning to do my brakes myself... dont pay someone to do what you can do.. pay them olny to do what you cant do.

will be moving from the apartments soon, then i'll be able to do this on my own..

 

[Dysfunction]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

ALRIGHT YOU GUISE!

I GOT A FINAL PRICE FROM THE NEW SHOP.....

its going to be $1100 for a clutch job, flywheel resufaced, things like that..

as well as brake pads all the way around.

much more reasonable dont you think?

That doesn't sound to bad actually. I say go for it. At least it'll be done properly.. "hopefully".. lol

 

[infamous209]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

lost cause bud, still way too much but thats on you, id tell them to chomp on a big one. do the brakes your self they are disc, they are cake and can do them on the street. its on you tho i just wish i had your money cause id throw mine away :BangHead:

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

Look guys, this thread wasn't about the price to begin with. Forget about the price issue!!!!

If it has a rattle when I get it back I'm trading for a fox lol

 

[Lee12609]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

do not for a second even thinking about owning a fox body..... you'll be doing repairs VERY VERY often on an older pushrod, not to mention the old wiring, old chassis parts... if you want reliability keep what you have....

i dont think the new price is horrible... i'd get it fixed and start saving again for mods, in 6 months you wont even regret spending the money to get it done right.

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

"The clutch pressure plate fingers were uneven. You can't really see it with the clutch out because the fingers all hit their up stops. A couple of things can cause this. The diaphragm spring (which the fingers are part of) could be warped, the pressure ring could be made with a high or low spot where the spring contacts it, or the clutch disc could be warped and causing the pressure ring to ride crooked.

In any case, the same fix applies to any of these problems; a new clutch."


what was told to me by my mechanic

 

[Rice_slayer]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

Ya, but if you had these issues from the get go, I would have taken it back to the shop, if what they are saying is true that a manufacture defect and should have been noticed from day one...

 

[greenscobie86]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

That sounds like a viable point...

However, get an estimate and find out what theyre charging you for parts/labor...

because 1100 is still way too much...

Don't give up so easy, try to get some money back...


Like someone said, at least bring your own parts in and have 'em just do the labor... Thats gotta be even cheaper still...

 

[rick focks]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

there's a guy that wants to put in my king kobra klutch kit for 350, i paid 154 for the clutch...man i bet you could do those brakes yourself... seriously...

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

Ill be taking the clutch and pressure plate back to the old shop and seeing if I can get some kind of refund

 

[rick focks]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

if not, burn it down

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

just got my car back and it drives great, and stops better.


BUT IT STILL HAS THE GOD DAMMED RATTLE, AND ITS WORSE

im leaving to take it back right now.

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

i just got back from the shop...

they dont know wtf is wrong with it, and i left it with them to drive..

apparently i have "pedal pulsations"

heavy duty ones..

 

[JDwhite98gt]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

I had clutch pedal pulsations for a long time. I just swapped my clutch out for a Fidanza 1.0 (did it myself), Just to see if it worked, I had an extra clutch fork laying around and swapped it in too....pulsations stopped and the tranny feels like butter.

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

yeah, the car drives freaking great, i love how it gets into gear and everything, but the peadal is like insane

 

[Jetsetter]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

WTF causes pedal pulsations on a cable driven clutch?

 

[duff daddy]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

Did they replace the flywheel?

 

[Lee12609]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

yeah should of at the least machined the flywheel.....

 

[silver 4.6]

Re: so i found out whats wrong with my clutch.. (read this!!)

ITS OVER!

ITS FINALLY OVER!

we took the clutch cable out at the shop and put in an adjustable one, a few pulls and turns on the adjuster, and boom!

i started the car up, put it in neutral...

completely silent.

drove all the way home with not a single vibration the entire time, and a much firmer clutch pedal!

 

[rick focks]

good news man... maybe i should get a new quadrant and cable when I put my clutch in....