Originally posted by ner947
Spring fell out of the disk 3 months ago. Got everything back together, was happy, then the pressure plate broke 3 days ago. Great.

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Yeah, I bet that's the problem. I bet that NER put the flexplate on with a sledgehammer.

C'mon, man, use a socket and a ratchet next time.

Seriously, though, what do you propose was done wrong on the install that caused a pressure plate to fragment?

Well, I do have a half-assed theory.

The SPEC stage 3 disk is a 6 puck clutch. When the disk broke, I replaced it with a 4 puck Clutchmasters stage 4 disk, but kept the old Fidanza flywheel and SPEC pressure plate. I checked them for flatness and didn't see any cracks so I re-installed them without doing anything to them.

So, the pressure plate breaks in 3 out of 4 90 degree increments, coincidence? Maybe it wasn't designed for use with a 4 puck disk? Who knows, but once I get the Clutchmasters disk in the mail I will post pictures of all 3 side by side.

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My best friend had a SPEC in his Trans Am... well guess what last week the spring fell out just like your's...

SPEC told him that they've seen that a few times with the older designs, and that they changed to a new design to prevent such a thing happening again...

I saw the new plate and it does have a better design in the spring area.

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I had a clutchmasters stage 3 as well and while it was alright it wasn't worth the $700 it cost at the time. After a year it started slipping. That was the last time I ever bought a fucking modular clutch! Centerforce dual friction was okay but I could get it to slip on hard shifts. It was worn pretty good when I replaced it but nothing major wrong with it. The Spec I only drove from the shop to my house then sold my turbo kit and parked the car so cant say mush about it. Come to think of it I must have had about 7 clutches and 4 tranny's in the talon so dont feel too bad about going thru them. Its all apart of the game.

BTW I laugh at the current spec clutch prices. I bought mine before they became so popular directly from spec (the only place you could buy them at the time). I paid $329 for my stage 3 which is the exact same 6 puck ceramic stage 3 clutch I see being sold now for $549. They are getting pretty popular in the audi/vw market as well now. An Audi S4 clutch cost like $800 for a damn disc and pressure plate!

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Looks like this thread needs to be split... Not really, but it's fun to use the split command because I never use it.

2016 WRX STi Limited (current)
2001 A4 1.8tqms (donated)
1991 GVR4 #1933 (sold)
old.dsmregistry.com/detail.php?carid=218 (dismantled)