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I bought an aussie clutch from textrilla with the aluminum flywheel, and all of a sudden I was pulling into work and heard a grinding noise when I let the gas go and, still had the clutch depressed. It seems to be fine one take off, and normal driving. I don’t race my car, I just use it for daily driving and I put about 5,000 miles on the new clutch if that. What should I do call the company and demand a new clutch? And what about the 500 dollars for labor? Any suggestions?
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How do you know that the product was defective and the install was fine? Frankly - I'd be talking to the installer before I spoke with anyone else. Also - just curious, why go with an aftermarket clutch for a car that is only daily driven and never raced? Why not just go with a standard LS1 clutch? None of my business really, but I am curious.
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The person who installed it came recommend by the forum, he works for GM and does installs on the side,
I killed the stock clutch drag racing and I replaced it with a high performance one because I plan to race but I wanted to finish school first so if I did break something I could replace it without having to worry about the added expense.
I killed the stock clutch drag racing and I replaced it with a high performance one because I plan to race but I wanted to finish school first so if I did break something I could replace it without having to worry about the added expense.
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I agree, speak with the installer first and see if there are any problems there. If not, and it can be traced to problems with the clutch itself, then a call to the vendor would be a good choice.
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In your first post you wrote......
In your reply you wrote......
I don't get it - you race the car, but you say you don't and then complain about the clutch being bad, but it was installed by some amateur shade tree mechanic.....good luck.
I bought an aussie clutch from textrilla with the aluminum flywheel, and all of a sudden I was pulling into work and heard a grinding noise when I let the gas go and, still had the clutch depressed. It seems to be fine one take off, and normal driving. I don’t race my car, I just use it for daily driving and I put about 5,000 miles on the new clutch if that. What should I do call the company and demand a new clutch? And what about the 500 dollars for labor? Any suggestions?
Originally Posted by STEEL
The person who installed it came recommend by the forum, he works for GM and does installs on the side,
I killed the stock clutch drag racing and I replaced it with a high performance one because I plan to race but I wanted to finish school first so if I did break something I could replace it without having to worry about the added expense.
I killed the stock clutch drag racing and I replaced it with a high performance one because I plan to race but I wanted to finish school first so if I did break something I could replace it without having to worry about the added expense.
Last edited by blacksedan87; May 6, 2007 at 10:47 AM.
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I killed my first clutch racing that’s why I don’t do it anymore until im out of school so I can afford to break things, but I already killed the stock clutch so I had to change it so why not get a high performance one because I would like to race again.
Kyle that works at revxtreme and a guy Mike did the work for me and they came recommended.
Kyle that works at revxtreme and a guy Mike did the work for me and they came recommended.
