Well after a 9 hour day working in the sun... i hop in my car which is EXTREMELY hot... and i back up... put it in 1st.... start giving it gas... and slowly letting off the clutch... i get past the point where it NORMALLY grips(90% off) and the engine is reving high now... STILL letting off the clutch... and WIPLASH!!! the car starts jumping like crazy.... this is because my clutch gripped i would have to say 99% out and i wasent ready for it, so i was at too high of a RPM!!! i was so f'ing pissed off at myself. I continued driving home and it seemed like the clutch was STILL gripping at the VERY end of the pedal stroke.... was this cause of the heat? it was about 90 degrees out ALL day and i car was never in a spot of shade... As soon as i got home i let the car cool down for like 3-5 mins... everything seems fine beside the late gripping... should i be worrying? Im about to go take the car on a 30 min drive on the interstate... is this a bad time for that?

Thanks for the help , Travis

 

bump... im leaving here soon... i was hoping for a second opinion to make me feel safe about driving tonight!!

 

stay off boost...

 

ok thanks for the feedback lol... im leaving my house now to see how the clutch feels ill come back with more info. Thanks and the clutch felt fine earlier on this morning... so i dunno. Im normaly a better driver than that but we all make mistakes ^^.

 

The clutch needs to be a lot hotter than 90 to be the cause of a problem. You either damaged it with your driving style or you have a defective clutch.

 

you think you could explain a little better what your talking about. is the clutch just grabbing a little higher than usual or what,if anything else?

 

that new clutch is grabbing TOO HIGH. it should be grabbing well in the middle of the stroke. You need to do a couple of checks.
1) check that there is absolutely NO AIR in the clutch hydraulic system.
2) check the clutch pedal free play. I cannot explain specifics here you will need to look at the manual for this.
3) If all checks out good, you will need to adjust the pedal by unscrewing the setting nut and turning the clutch master cylinder rod counter clockwise a couple of times to move that stroke down. This is of course after the clutch is deemed fine and everything is good. this should be your last resort.

If you are not sure on what I'm talking about then you might want to visit the dealership. GOOD LUCK.

 

hmm thanks for the reply... the clutch has ALWAYS griped about 90% out, ever since i drove it off the lot. Wouldn't mitsubishi say somthing if it was funky? I had 11 miles on my car when i got it, and the guy that drove it was pretty knoledgable about evo's(he would of noticed i think). Ive seen info on evom that the clutch gripping high was normal.. I cant find the thread though... any more feedback?

 

That high-rev, then clunk was pretty dead-on with my symptoms since day one!...Thinking that was something new, first awd/sport transmission I have owned, I thought it was merely unfarmiliar instead of defective. I had complete failure after a long race day (20 minute periods, 5x that day), and I still have no idea as to how I made it home...Car was towed to the dealer, and I purchased a new setup from ACT (heavy duty pressure plate/street disc/streetlite flywheel)...My car with the ACT setup drives perfect. Completely different from any Evo 8s I had driven before, and including my IX (which is a GSR, I should mention)...Also, a fellow member informed me that others experienced the same issue. So far, in my area 4 IXs have had transmission related issues, coincidence?...Maybe, either way, I was expecting to have to buy a new setup eventually, I didn't think the stocker would crap out on me like that though. Who knows, maybe a class action lawsuit or recall will go into place and we can all get some money back. This labor involved raped me, I had the dealer install questioning if it would be drivetrain related...Which it very well may be, I seem to be seing too many clutch/transmission IX problems latley...Maybe it's just they stick out more to me now that I have experienced that problem, but either way many have popped up as of late.

 

Change your drivetrain fluids see if any excessive metal shavings are in it

 

6sp failure here. It appears a pin let loose in the transmission taking out 4th gear.

 

First of all, doesn't cover the clutch if you abused it or have been racing it. xX vOoDoO Xx you have to pay to play. The many issues that do pop up are due to inexperienced drivers riding the clutch too long.

Secondly, the clutch engagement on the EVO is supposed to be high, not in the middle.

Mr.IX, I wouldn't worry about it you just did a slip and launch on you car and it was only once. Nothing to worry about, the car can take it a few times without killing the clutch. Try getting to move you car with the minimum RPM possible, if you wish to make you stock clutch last a long time.

 

I don't agree that it should be grabbing in the middle, but definitely much lower than where it currently is. First off, your new clutch might have broken-in slighly, and if it was already engaging from day 1 at 90% out, then this isn't really a huge difference from that. I would check with step 3 first IMHO. This would be the easiest and cheapest way to rectify the problem. If all else fails, take the car into Mitsu. Some ppl have gotten their defective clutches replaced, although it is rare. Obviously, this is because most ppl who claim their clutches are defective have either raced or abused them knowingly or sometimes unknowingly.
Mitsu puts in weak clutches to avoid paying for t-cases and trannys that would get busted if they put in hi-clamping pressure plates. And since most problems related to the clutch can be deemed "abuse" and not covered by warantee, Mitsu covers their asses pretty well. Good luck with it... hopefully it is something simple.