Subject	My guess.....
Posted by	Greg D. (Specialty-Z) on May 30, 2012 at 10:20 AM
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In Reply To	I just got off the phone with Joe Allison. posted by rojoloco (VA Beach) on May 29, 2012 at 08:40 PM
Message	When the truck company loaded your car, they probably slipped the clutch with a bit of RPM the whole way up the ramp. They probably needed to do this to slowly load the car up a steep ramp. Because your running feramic material, the material became hot enough to melt, this caused the disc to weld itself to the flywheel. When feramic material melts, it attaches itself to other clutch surfaces, it can be broken loose, the issue is it leaves part of the material attached to the other surface, the part that stays attached causes a high spot that will not allow the disc to fully release. More than likely, the only way your clutch will release again is if you take it all apart and remove the high spots. If you continue to use the feramic disc, make sure you do not slip it much, and do not use it for drag racing.
Follow Ups	Some videos of my clutch fork movement - rojoloco (VA Beach) 19:51:55 05/28/12 That looks fine to me but doesn't sound good. Maybe a - Evan_Wright (Ca) 20:34:52 05/28/12 It's sounded like that for quite some time. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 21:40:58 05/28/12 Re: It's sounded like that for quite some time. - aliaZ 06:11:00 05/29/12 There are no pulses at all. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 07:59:11 05/29/12 What about sitting on the trailer could cause your friction - doug8867 08:50:01 05/29/12 what happens when you hold the pedal to the floor? - aliaZ 15:33:08 05/29/12 It stays fully extended. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 17:25:39 05/29/12 Sounds exactly like mine. Don't know about 5/8". - OverZealous (CT) 22:05:33 05/28/12 I just got off the phone with Joe Allison. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 20:40:10 05/29/12 Wow, that would be wild if that is the case. - doug8867 10:05:14 05/30/12 Actually it is extremely common with feramic material..... - Greg D. (Specialty-Z) 10:27:24 05/30/12 A local guy had it happen to his Z32 as well. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 11:56:40 05/30/12 It looks like that was it. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 21:08:24 05/31/12 Great, glad you figured it out. Who would have guessed, eh? (n/m) - my91z 21:10:17 05/31/12 I meant to e-mail you back. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 13:40:03 06/01/12 Great. Hope it came unstuck in one piece and you - doug8867 07:10:36 06/01/12 Huge 2nd! (n/m) - rojoloco (VA Beach) 13:40:49 06/01/12 My guess..... - Greg D. (Specialty-Z) 10:20:59 05/30/12 I'd say that is a pretty good guess (n/m) - aliaZ 11:40:19 05/30/12 2nd. :-) Finally, a plausible explanation for what - doug8867 11:43:31 05/30/12 This is pretty much what Joe Allison thinks happened. - rojoloco (VA Beach) 11:55:03 05/30/12 I think they were doing smokey burn outs and slipping - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 21:39:41 05/31/12 Feramic does not seize as easy as that but is probably - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 01:05:07 05/31/12 Re: Feramic - Greg D. (Specialty-Z) 14:21:20 06/02/12 I disagree with much of what you said here - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 05:58:35 06/03/12
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