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MP3skaterNC
07-07-2004, 12:33 AM
My car doesn't move anymore hah. Pulling out of walmart around lunch time to go pick up the girlfriend and grab some wendy's the car begins to shake, and cuts off. Turn it back on, and it wont go into gear with the clutch pedal depressed.

As it stands now, it seems like the throwout bearing went, and the clutch is seized. I guess we'll see the damage when the tranny is dropped next week.

The clutch was less than 10k miles old, and the car hasn't been abused since the turbo kit came off in late febuary. It's an ACT Street/Strip clutch. So I'm going to blaim the shop that did the install. Weaksauce.
LinuxRacr
07-07-2004, 12:46 AM
That blows man. I've had my ACT on for over 2 years, and probably over 90K miles!
MP3skaterNC
07-07-2004, 12:57 AM
Yep it does blow, and I just spend alot of cash on some new wheels, and a daily driver.
Roywhitep5
07-07-2004, 01:04 AM
booooo!!!!
1FASTMSP
07-07-2004, 01:43 AM
sorry to hear that, go after the shop, make them pay for a new one...
MP3skaterNC
07-07-2004, 01:48 AM
They kinda did the work under the table, so I have no proof. :(
1FASTMSP
07-07-2004, 02:04 AM
yeah, that really does bite...
speedhawaii
07-07-2004, 05:12 AM
another fallen
hi-perf
07-07-2004, 08:24 AM
probably didnt replace the throwout bearing
MP3skaterNC
07-07-2004, 12:38 PM
seems that way
SpicyMchaggis
07-07-2004, 12:45 PM
its some voodoo shit..someone hates you..maybe its me? (burn)
Heathen23
07-07-2004, 12:47 PM
It was bound to happen. But I figure it was going to come after you boosted it again. I guess now you are just laying the ground work for running boost again. No worries man. Just look at the upside, you got this out of the way.
Kooldino
07-08-2004, 12:20 AM
Man, that's ass. Maybe it's a shifter fork?
MP3skaterNC
07-08-2004, 12:21 AM
I'll find out next week, getting 2 days off in a row, and dropping the tranny.
PaulMP3
07-12-2004, 06:14 PM
super shitty... hope al goes well.
MP3skaterNC
07-17-2004, 02:27 PM
Verdict is in on the tranny. The problem was not the throwout bearing, but the fork that pushes it against the pressure plate. One of its prongs had broke off, and was just sitting in the housing.

This is good though, since that part should be relatively cheap, and my car can get back on the road with the quickness.
mazpro
07-17-2004, 02:30 PM
nice, hope you get it running fast
RyanJayG
07-17-2004, 02:32 PM
yeah, apparently our forks are problematically weak
MP3skaterNC
07-17-2004, 02:45 PM
not the shift fork though, its the one that pushes against the throwout.