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Before coming down on my mechanic that put in the new clutch, I want to run the symptoms by the club's collective wisdom and confirm my diagnosis.
Background story goes like this.
Southbend stage 2 daily was installed 70k miles back along with a new 21lb single mass flywheel. It worked great until I overheated it badly trying to drive very slowly on a flat tire. Destroyed the disc. Long story short, it was time for stage 2 endurance.
The bill for installing the new clutch included a hefty charge for machining the flywheel. As it turns out, said mechanic had a spare flywheel sitting around, that was already machined, so he put that in, instead of mine, having told me that it was the exact same 21lb single mass. Fine. I paid the bill.
Right off the bat I thought that engagement was a little rough in 1st gear, but I didn't say anything thinking maybe it needs some breaking in.
About 1500 hard driven miles later, not only the engagement is still rough, the clutch has developed a loud screech, very similar to a brake squeak, mid-engagement, apparently upon contact with the flywheel. If I let go of the pedal slowly, I can keep the screech going for 2-3 seconds, and it hasn't gotten any better in about 600 miles since I first heard it.
Also, my motor mounts are relatively new with 70k miles on them, yet simply sitting at a traffic light idling, I've noticed an unhealthy shake every now and then. Also, there's no chatter when disengaged, that I used to hear with my previous clutch.
My worst suspicion is that I got a junk flywheel. I haven't looked at anything under the hood yet. Haven't brought it back to the mechanic either. I'd like your guys opinion on what's going on before I take any steps. Also, both slave and master were replaced as part of the install, fork, brake fluid flush too.
Background story goes like this.
Southbend stage 2 daily was installed 70k miles back along with a new 21lb single mass flywheel. It worked great until I overheated it badly trying to drive very slowly on a flat tire. Destroyed the disc. Long story short, it was time for stage 2 endurance.
The bill for installing the new clutch included a hefty charge for machining the flywheel. As it turns out, said mechanic had a spare flywheel sitting around, that was already machined, so he put that in, instead of mine, having told me that it was the exact same 21lb single mass. Fine. I paid the bill.
Right off the bat I thought that engagement was a little rough in 1st gear, but I didn't say anything thinking maybe it needs some breaking in.
About 1500 hard driven miles later, not only the engagement is still rough, the clutch has developed a loud screech, very similar to a brake squeak, mid-engagement, apparently upon contact with the flywheel. If I let go of the pedal slowly, I can keep the screech going for 2-3 seconds, and it hasn't gotten any better in about 600 miles since I first heard it.
Also, my motor mounts are relatively new with 70k miles on them, yet simply sitting at a traffic light idling, I've noticed an unhealthy shake every now and then. Also, there's no chatter when disengaged, that I used to hear with my previous clutch.
My worst suspicion is that I got a junk flywheel. I haven't looked at anything under the hood yet. Haven't brought it back to the mechanic either. I'd like your guys opinion on what's going on before I take any steps. Also, both slave and master were replaced as part of the install, fork, brake fluid flush too.
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