TS1 Clutch explosion!
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:58 pm
Was up at JB tuning at weekend and fitted the Franspeed Race pipe to the TS and got it dyno'd.
Well pleased with the results - but?.
Went out earlier for a blast and suddenly lost drive - rang a mate and got recovered!.
Had the casing off and found that the clutch circlip had escaped from the clutch bell and all the plates had made a bid for freedom.
This has happened before but only as I didnt locate the ears of the circlip within the basket properly.
I did fit a 5 plate clutch within a standard basket before I had JB tune so all I can think is the clutch cant cope with the extra performance.
I'm looking at the AF 6 plate kit as a replacement - Is this the best option as I dont want to add casing packers etc.
Advice wanted as usual!!
Jimmo
Well pleased with the results - but?.
Went out earlier for a blast and suddenly lost drive - rang a mate and got recovered!.
Had the casing off and found that the clutch circlip had escaped from the clutch bell and all the plates had made a bid for freedom.
This has happened before but only as I didnt locate the ears of the circlip within the basket properly.
I did fit a 5 plate clutch within a standard basket before I had JB tune so all I can think is the clutch cant cope with the extra performance.
I'm looking at the AF 6 plate kit as a replacement - Is this the best option as I dont want to add casing packers etc.
Advice wanted as usual!!
Jimmo