i killed my stage 5 after 1000 miles and i month i got it out yesterday i handled it i will be calling clutch masters today say wtf stage 5 my but lol

here are the pics i blew the splines out on the clutch and the input shaft for the tranny i had to replace it to what a day took me 3.5 hours still have about a hour left to button things up

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seriously wtf stage 5 should be able to handle a LOT more power than what you're making right now.

i know i am pretty sure it was the bearing i started squeeking and sounding like a midget hitting things with a hammer in the trannie the prongs got toasted the clutch looks fine its the pressure plate

WTF would you want to put a stage 5 clutch in a street car???

Did you go easy on it for the first 500 miles or were beating the crap out of it from day 1?

WTF would you want to put a stage 5 clutch in a street car???


idk why people are like oh my god stage 5 its not that hard its almost like a stock clutch with some chatter

and yes it got broke in properly
to a spun flywheel
so who knows

yeah man call em, 1000K on a clutch is crazy.. or maybe you are now like around 2000hp :P

i called clutch masters still waiting to hear back from them

i killed my stage 5 after 1000 miles and i month i got it out yesterday i handled it i will be calling clutch masters today say wtf stage 5 my but lol

did you take the time to break it in for a 1000 miles. Your not supposed to smash on it at all. You have to drive a lot of city miles and baby it.

either way...1000 miles?

still seems low

Lame.

Its 500 miles and yes it was broke in

Was it the TO bearing that failed?

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pictures in the first post look at that carnage lol what a joke

looks like the splines on the clutch are gone....its an unsprung clutch huh?....iv heard of this happening with unsprung before.

did it hurt the input shaft bad...looks like it deff got abused but is it bad?

What clutch do you plan to use this time?

the input shaft was bad i replaced it as for what clutch now i think ima go stage 7 and i better get a good deal on it from clutch masters

The $64 question is, which failed first? And why?

the throw out bearing is fine and the clutch did the shaft was still usable but why chance it?

the throw out bearing is fine and the clutch did the shaft was still usable but why chance it?

That's a big FAIL

There are 2 scenarios - 1 the disk was a little on the big, 2 the main shaft was weak - either way = sucks
I haven't had a CM ever do what happened to you...... however I have blown up a Quartermaster ( running too big a tire ), it did explode, dented the scatter shield, a Tilton, got too hot & broke the center of the disk out. Had a T10 front main shaft destroyed and never figured out why ( my theory was the disk was out of whack by just enough ) .
Big HP eventually leads to some kind of failure - even if your Austin Coil

Hope you get this sorted.

clutch masters said they will not warranty it what a joke they said it sounds like poor install i said sounds like you guys are getting some flamming on the boards every one needs to know how shady this is sounds like they want the bad rep for poor service he even called me a scammer and all that what crap

clutch masters said they will not warranty it what a joke they said it sounds like poor install i said sounds like you guys are getting some flamming on the boards every one needs to know how shady this is sounds like they want the bad rep for poor service he even called me a scammer and all that what crap

Poor install? How can you do that? Put the disk in backwards ok, but the center hits the pilot & won't work, not for 500 miles, not for 10 miles. I've seen triples, even some doubles screwed but a single can only go in 1 way.

What kind of fly wheel?

I don't think you're alone here.

that sucks.. how could they blame it on poor install? it will never run fine if it was poor install.. this thing just failed when its not supposed to

Stock fly and sucks i am back to stock clutch it will only hold 3.6 pounds

Stock fly and sucks i am back to stock clutch it will only hold 3.6 pounds

:rofl: :rofl: ...sorry its funny though...it was an unsprung right?

yes unsprung talked with geoff at nurspec he has been a great help

they are known not to last long but im sure it shouldnt fail this way

iv heard of it before but i cant find the thread...fail...oh well

I would not recommend an unsprung disk for street use, but I have used them in my own cars for many years. That said my gen1 blower car has a sprung disk, my wife drives it.

im used to the clutch its not that my vw bug had a 9000 pound kenedy iron clutch no springs just plate lol it took the abuse of 7000rpm launches no problem this one failed on street tires before i even got to have fun with it this is just sad

on street tires at that....wtf dude....i dont get it

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^ why would he want another clutch form the same compnay if it failed so easily and they wont warranty it or offer a reasonable solution to the problem... I say start shopping around for a new company with better products and better customer service...

i talked with geoff over at nurspec he is hooking it up he talked i will be going with a act clutch to best handle my needs i trust him cause he has pointed me in the right direction before i might consider comp to who knows who knnows

^^ yeah the act street disc clutches hold a lot of power for disc clutch

^ why would he want another clutch form the same compnay if it failed so easily and they wont warranty it or offer a reasonable solution to the problem... I say start shopping around for a new company with better products and better customer service...


idk just throwin it out there if he wanted to save some CASH MONNEHY