major clutch issues

1. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #1 5th November 2010, 15:10

   rite so in the past month ive put 2 clutches in my saxo westcoast and it has destroyed both. The center part of the friction plate on the first just split open the second took the entire centre out. anyone got any ideas what could be causing this or seen this before. the pics below is of the latest one.
   
   
2. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #2 5th November 2010, 15:15

   sorry pic didnt work ill retry it. the car would judder in reverse sometimes aswell this pointing to gearbox maybe?
3. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #3 5th November 2010, 15:19

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4. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #4 5th November 2010, 15:20

   
5. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #5 5th November 2010, 15:23

   Jesus! Whos fitted them?
6. Furioman Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS

   #6 5th November 2010, 15:24

   Did you put the friction plate in the wrong way round?
7. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #7 5th November 2010, 15:30

   nope all fitted right way round with all correct tools and alignment. first one lasted a week. this one lasted 2 weeks.
8. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #8 5th November 2010, 17:26

   cheap clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seen it alot happens alot with blue print ones. get a vaelo or a l.u.k one can handle anything you can throw at them upto about 180bhp well woth 98quid.
9. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

   #9 5th November 2010, 17:34

   first one was a cheap one. second was a unipart one for twice the money unipart no good then?
10. AdamH Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 South Posts: 3638

    #10 5th November 2010, 17:36

    unipart items are repackaged valeo items
11. Dean-VTR Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 Cleethorpes Posts: 535 Saxo Vtr

    #11 5th November 2010, 17:38

    can you take apic of the flywheel and all other bits to do with it to see what state they are in?
12. dani32 Newbie Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 7

    #12 5th November 2010, 17:48

    ive found one of the little pegs on the release bearing stopping it coming off the fork has broken off. also on the inside of the pressure plate it looks like it has been pushed to far in because its marked on the inside. im thinking the release bearing came off the fork and has pushed it too far maybe? i will get some more pics tomos but theres no obvious damage or scores in the flywheel.
13. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

    #13 6th November 2010, 09:23

    the second clutch is no way on this earth a re packaged vaelo item. as said before get a decent clutch and will be fine.
14. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

    #14 6th November 2010, 10:46

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by bedford126 the second clutch is no way on this earth a re packaged vaelo item. as said before get a decent clutch and will be fine.

    Agreed, Valeo clutches has a sort of 'grain'
15. spudders Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 shrewsbury Posts: 476 306 dturbo x2 saxo vtr

    #15 6th November 2010, 12:00

    techniclutch are cheap but so far i have never had a problem never got 1 s slip no matter how much abuse i have given em i would recomend 1 there bowt £80 on ebay an they aint real heavy like other fast road clutches iv used
    next u havent tryed puttin a vt clutch in instead coz they are a difrent diameter an could have the same effect as ur having..