The center section around the springs of my act clutch broke after a little less than 20k miles, I have launched once or twice and have never taken it to the track. I am sure I will never get it warrentied out as I can't rember what vendor on here I purchased it from. I had similar probs in my 1g years ago. Has anyone here had this type of failure? I guess I need a new clutch now I am not so sure I want to use act again. This really sucks, I want to make sure this dosent happen again. Please chime in if you may have any insight.

 

Like the pics in the first post of this thread?:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=256860

 

I had the same thing happen to my ACT2600 in my Talon years back. The damage occurred though because I was consistently hot lapping my car at the track with 6500 rpm launches.

Good luck with getting it replaced/fixed.

 

That is exactly what happend to mine. Wtf? Well I guess it is not a fluke. I just want to go with a company who stands behind their product.

 

20k miles is not saying much really. For some 20k miles may mean about 1000 shifts due to alot of highway drives. For others 20k miles may mean 5000 shifts due to mostly in town driving. What is the thickness of the friction material? That would be a better discription of the use on the clutch.

For me I think 20k miles is a reasonable amount to expect out of a high wearing item like a clutch. How long did you expect it to last?

 

I haven't seen any troubles with the disc center sections on the EVO before so I would definitely like to look at it. If you haven't been launching the car, etc, there has to be a reason for the failure. Drop me a PM or email and let's see what we can figure out.

 

FYI, I have 45,000+ miles on my ACT and it's still good. It's getting a little "shuddery," but maybe that's what happens to a more aggressive clutch when it gets older. I have had 0 problems, and I am planning on replacing the ACT with another one whenever that may be necessary.

 

I have the MB7 HDSS w/ prolight flywheel and love it. If i get 20k out of it i wouldnt complain.

 

This is a daily driver with a little less than 400 hp, I Don't abuse or even really race it but I do however get in to it quite often. I am not complaning about the wear of the friction matreal but the fact that hub is cracked, Mileage has nothing to do with this problem.

 

exedy HD twin plate ... i got one put in this week, got 500 mile on it and just pushed it today, feels really good.... i would for sure get that


good luck

 

did you contact ACT or ACTman like he suggested? Im sure they will do what they can to help you out. They are a very good company and stand behind their product and the customer service is excellent from what Ive experienced...

 

I would def give ACT a chance to make this right, I have ran their clutches in both of my evo's and the quality is always there. Im sure this will be resolved, Good Luck.....

 

ive had act street clutch for 13k miles and i had no problems... so far

 

ACT is a ok clutch but its not one that will last. Under heavy abuse they will fail. I have never had problems with exedy and i've been using them for a couple years now, make the switch.

 

22K on my ACT and countless of launches... NO problem at all!!