Hey guys,
I've been driving on this ACT HD Street clutch for about 1000 miles and so far I've really liked it. I put it through its break in period, and haven't driven it hard. Just a few days ago, I was pulling into a slightly steep, but manageable driveway. I was in first gear and my clutch started to slip, and smoke as well. My foot wasn't on the clutch pedal at all? Now the drivability is different. The clutch seems to be a little lighter, and it doesn't accelerate as well. I think the clutch may be slipping during daily driving too. Any thoughts? Thanks a ton guys.
Travis

 

Could the clutch be defective?

 

I think it is probably defective, is there someone in particular I should talk to? Pretty frustrating when I spend this much money on a "quality" clutch to have it do this.

 

pm ACTman...he is the CEO of the company and a nice guy. He will take care of you or atleast point you in the right direction . good luck man.

 

It's likely that you have your clutch maladjusted and it's preloading the pressure plate springs so the pressure on the disk is reduced. It's not so much that the ACT is hit or miss, more that they are the most popular and often fall into the hands of people who don't know how to work with them/install them.

Alex

 

Alex, How long do you think it would take to have it readjusted if this is the case? Is this an all day thing? Thanks
Travis

 

If you really think it's defective, the first person or place you should contact is the place that installed it and secondly ACT.

The adjustment is done inside the car and takes no more than 5 minutes to do.
Here's the link in the "how to" section that details what's involved.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=260040

If you feel that you don't want to tackle it yourself you could take it to the shop that installed it and they should adjust it for you for free.

 

I agree you should check and see that your clutch pedal is level with your brake pedal and if it is or when it is and your clutch still slips you might have a larger problem and should get you car checked asap.

 

Its funny how people run here to blame the ACT clutch. Installation are 99% of the problems. I have installed dozens with NO issues.

 

If you don't want to check that link, just reach down with your hand and make sure that there's a little free movement in teh clutch pedal when you're pressing down with your hand, before the pedal becomes hard. If the pedal is very stiff from the top of it's travel the pressure plate is probably preloaded too much.

If you get a flashlight and do some serious stretching before getting on your back, looking up at the pedal assembly you can crack the clutch master cylinder rod that goes into the back of the clutch pedal assy and turn the clutch rod to relieve the preload on the cylinder. It sounds more complicated than it is. In this case you will be screwing the the rod in the direction of "out" of the pedal and back into the slave cylinder thus creating less space between the pedal and the cylinder in theory. (just giving you the right direction to turn it)

Do some testing. That should help only if the shop that installed it did a clutch pedal adjustment when they installed the clutch.

Alex