Master Cylinder popped
It has less to do with how "fast" you shift, because there's a restrictor pill in the cylinder that slows the travel of the brakefluid. However if you go to a higher pressure plate, the pressure in the CMC increases, and the plastic doesn't hold up as well as the cast metal that has been in previous generations.
What scares you? The fact that an OEM part has been identified as a weak point, discussed countless times throughout this and other forums, and several well regarded companies have designed superior replacement solutions? Or the fact that all this has occurred and there are still owners replacing their stock clutches with stronger aftermarket units but not changing their plastic CMC, and are surprised when it fails?
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened, as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have been different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and dammit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened, as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have been different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and dammit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
Last edited by Johnr352; Dec 7, 2012 at 04:38 AM.
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What scares you? The fact that an OEM part has been identified as a weak point, discussed countless times throughout this and other forums, and several well regarded companies have designed superior replacement solutions? Or the fact that all this has occurred and there are still owners replacing their stock clutches with stronger aftermarket units but not changing their plastic CMC, and are surprised when it fails?
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened , as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and damnit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened , as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and damnit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
Bad things happen to good people.
Already bought one
All in all, worse OE parts could be known to be a failure point.
If you CMC fails it leaves you stranded needing a tow and that definitely sucks, but it's not head, engine, trans, diff or turbo known for failure, so really people should stop freaking out.
If you CMC fails it leaves you stranded needing a tow and that definitely sucks, but it's not head, engine, trans, diff or turbo known for failure, so really people should stop freaking out.
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We also have ours in stock ready to go and it offers plenty of clutch pedal adjustment:
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Please shoot me a PM if you are interested.
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Please shoot me a PM if you are interested.
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What scares you? The fact that an OEM part has been identified as a weak point, discussed countless times throughout this and other forums, and several well regarded companies have designed superior replacement solutions? Or the fact that all this has occurred and there are still owners replacing their stock clutches with stronger aftermarket units but not changing their plastic CMC, and are surprised when it fails?
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened , as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and damnit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
It will fail, and, until it does, you will worry about it failing. When it does fail you will be in the midst of doing something important. You will complain that it shouldn't have happened , as you weren't hard on it at all. Your CMC should have different, special, your plastic was somehow stronger, less brittle and damnit, you are a good person, it's just not fair!
Just change it already. AMS, Magnus, SSP - pick one.
my SSP v3 had issues again. They replaced it under 1 year warranty. But now that the warranty is over, I don't know what will happen next year..
Last edited by m0nkie; Dec 6, 2012 at 03:34 PM.
I'm about 6k miles into my ACT HDSS clutch and new OEM flywheel on my 2010 with a Cobb OTS Stage I, and I'm doing ok, but I'm paranoid about the CMC. I'm really thinking about picking up the AMS CMC for piece of mind, especially since I plan to go Stage II in the next 6 months.
Look guys, if you upgrade your clutch and wait to upgrade cmc, your probably gonna get stranded. It is not a matter of if but when. Even if you have it and wait for that moment when pedal goes straight to the floor. A few hr install and fluids and back on road, rather than wait for parts, plus time to install or even have shop do it... Your looking at days instead of hours of down time.