I think what happens with the RX-8 is that we push the pedal down and generate hydraulic pressure, which causes the requisite action throughout the rest of the assembly. The point is that we don't have cables. Further, this happens evey time a performance clutch is installed and why my advice works.

 

Thanks Charles.

 

i will try to remember this when i get my new clutch...

 

Anyway......to finish off this thread(hopefully).

Dealer installs clutch and flywheel.
Car breaks down on way home and is directly related to the install.

No matter what it turns out to be(and I'd be interested to know), it's obvious that they did something wrong and are responsible to fix it at their cost!

This would include the tow if you can't get it into gear and can't shift.

Yes...........there may be another way to get it there in this condition, but I sure wouldn't do it.

 

getting ther is no problem my family owns a car transport buisness *full throttle transport* so i can load it up on my trailer and take it there. look around on transporter trucks for full throttle might be lookn at me sometime goin by with a load of cars* but back on subject ya i think they should pay for everything and hopefully its not internal its justa cable or slave cylander idk. but the rattle sounds like its coming from inside the clutch not the pedall but possibly b/c its all messed up its rattling. idk. i just want it fixed w/ no cost to me and fixed fast. so i can put my other parts on.

 

Recommendation.....put other parts on slowly! By that I mean one at a time, then a few days before the next.
I actually read what you wrote and know you took stuff off to take it in, but I'd just be cautious(depending on what all you took off), with throwing everything back on at once...especially if you mean "new" stuff.

Just my opinion, take it or leave it. Good luck..let us know what the problem turns out to be okay?

 

yea i will i needed some other work done to my car so i wanted warrenty to cover it so i took everything off so they couldnt flake out on warrenty on me. but yea once its fixed it will stay on. and imma wait a few weeks b4 i put anything on to make sure clutch is fixed. but yea ill let you know tom. after i take it ther and see what they say

 

I was just havin' a little fun with ya, art. Every now and then I try to act like an *** and **** somebody off. It never seems to work, though.........

 

Fulll Throttle and P2/BHR may have a little business to do come next September!

 

hows that charles? lemme me know if you need something transported more than happy to hook ya up. and meet some pple on the site.

 

ok well update. i get my car to the dealer today they take it. cal lme half hour later and tell me the clutch is shot and it is shredded inside the housing. they tell me its a faulty clutch* i say faulty install. anywho so i call clutch masters and tell them whats going on and they are going to give me my money back as soon as the dealer sends them pictures of the clutch. but heres the greatest part the dealer wants me to pay for the labor to do a new clutch install.... so i just burned like 350 bucks. well i orderd the act clutch ACT ZM8-HDMM since i have the act prolight flywheel and the reviews seem pretty good. so we'll see. ill updtae you guys and get some vids up of everything asap. imma go punch the wall now. lol

 

oh and the dealer tells me thers no way to mess up a clutch install. the car wont drive if the clutch is installed wrong so thers no way they could of messed up.. i call b.s. what you guys think

 

Yeah, theres no way to mess up an engine install either, I mean it'll either run or it won't.
Remeber Dealer Lie to Truth Ratio: 14.7:1
Don't they warranty their work?

 

I hate hearing stories like this but I am glad that ClutchMasters has more scruples than the dealer. I have done clutch installs in the snow by myself that didn't have any problems. There's no excuse for the dealer to have let that car get back to you. Period.

 

what a load of bullshit

its possible for bad clutch, but the chances are like ... close to none, especially from Clutch Masters's clutch.

You did your clutch/fw swap at dealership and it only cost 350 bux ? thats cheap.

but still, Im willing to bet 95% that they screwed something up in the process than the clutch exploded itself. probably overtorque it or something.

 

ya i figured its a bunch of b.s but ive never really messed w/ clutches so i dont know that much. can you guys tell me some ways that they could have messed the install up like over torque. and other stuff so i can tell the dealer that. make it sound like i know what im talking about.maybe get them to do the labor for free

 

n e one?