Hey everyone,
Well yesterday I recieved My ACT clutch from "OPTAUTO". I came home, opened the package and to my suprise found the pressure plate package opened! Thats not the worst part.... The worst part is The plate has Hole's drilled into the edges of it. Its almost like someone put it to a drill press. My dealer (who is installing the clutch) said someone was either trying to lighten it or alter the balance. WTF is this! I am so pissed. How does this happen? The ****** warehouse dude didnt notice this? For goodness sake I got a metal splinter just from looking at it. So now It has to be shipped to them before they will ship out a new one. In return means i don't have my car for another 4/5 days. WHY ME!!!? BLJKHBVKJHBV LKFCJHVBLJNZB XLZKJBN:ZKZNSPOZ)(*U_)(*U

 

that sux

 

Drilled hole is normal, not all the way through right? I think this is to balance it, my ACT pressure plate had them in it and the package was sealed when I got it. I have had it on for 5,000 miles and it hasn't caused me any problems, certainly doesn't feel out of balance.

I'll see if any of the pictures I have of it show the drilled part.

 

thats whacky

 

Here ya go, look at the bottom right edge of the PP by the TC, you can see 2 drill points to balance the pressure plate.

 

That sucks, hope you get it fixed soon bro. I've been without my car for 3 weeks and i'm probally gonna lose it for another so you don't got it too bad..

 

that's normal,
your dealer is an idiot and that is normal too I guess

 

Inix,

Get happy. Those are balancing holes, which indicate that your vendor actually give a **** about the quality of their merchandise. No pressure plate comes out of the stamping die balanced, they must be balances after the fact.

 

Your first mistake was taking it to the dealer. They prob did it.
It's fine though. It isn't going to hurt anything.

 

hope it works out. if not, check into Exedy or even better is OS Giken.

 

Thanks guys for all the support. I called ACT and yea your right. They are for balancing. It just looked very strange to me. I'm no mechanic. On my dealers defense, he knew what it was for, they just wanted to know who did the balancing...

 

You should have sent it right back!