After only 20 years, and who knows how many autocross runs, it started to slip this weekend. Only once, but I'm doing autocross school Sunday, and there's supposed to be 20 runs. That won't do.
Dropped it off this afternoon at Miatas and More in Longwood, FL for installation of a take out with one day's use from his champ car series race car. When he called me later, he said that among other things, it was dry rotted. I've never heard of that, but I guess the friction material is organic, right?
Did the glue just dry out/ lose adhesive from the disc? I have never heard of a clutch dryrotting out.
Any pics?
Cotton
PowerDork
3/25/19 11:08 p.m.
I had one come apart, looked like clutch spaghetti coming out the bottom of the bellhousing. It was probably 30 years old or more.
ShawnG
PowerDork
3/26/19 12:29 a.m.
I exploded a friction disc in my Starlet once.
Unknown quality and age plus overspeeding will do that.
Just a bad description for a worn-out frazzled driven disc.
In reply to Floating Doc :
That stinks! Didn't you just buy this car?
is the one that was in the car dry rotted or the one you wanted to put in?
NordicSaab said:
In reply to Floating Doc :
That stinks! Didn't you just buy this car?
While I did just buy the car, I knew that it was the original clutch. It wasn't slipping but I could tell that it was on borrowed time on the test drive.
I discussed it with the seller, and he gave me an honest answer, that it hadn't slipped for him.
Realistically, it's a 20 year old car with a bunch of autocross runs. I own it now, and of course it was going to need something done to it. I'm still glad I bought it. It's the cleanest NB I've ever seen, and a fully sorted 99 hard S isn't easy find.
Some clutches have rubber barrels instead of springs in the hub I've seen those dry rot and fail apart in (44's
My wife picked up the car for me today, clutch had already been picked up by the recycler so no pictures.
It drives a lot better, should help me calibrate my foot.
