I "BROKE" my clutch?!?
 

So heres the story...last friday im driving the 8..and i JUST bought the 8...only 3k miles on it...so by this time ive had it for like 3 weeks..dropped like another 1000 miles on it...so its practically brand new...im driving during the day and i feel the clutch feel "rusty" but i think its nothing...remember this is my 1st stick car ever! ive driven other cars (s2k civics etc.) but never OWNED one...ANYWAYS!! so im driving during the day...switching gears and it feels rusty...so i ignore it...end of the nite...im chillen at the lite and drop it into NEUTROL so lite turns green push clutch and it wont let me...im like wtf....turn music off and push down again and sounds like BREAKING GLASSS!! wtf...so i hop out...theres a doode in a s2k and he s like want me to take a look at it? im like coo...he looks...has NO idea....(damn honda drivers) so then eventually i call the dealer...and i fnd out that the clutch BROKE....wtf! he said he found peices of it....now my ? is is this my fault? cuz the mechanic said it isnt....but wut do u guys think?!?!? THANKS GUYS!!! :cool:

If the dealer say it isn't your fault, it isn't your fault!! Don't question the guy :eek: .

Photos of said clutch would be nice to see. abbid will be interested in this thread.......whereabouts are you?

that's really messed up. I'd have them tear the car apart.

clutches as well as flywheels can break from abuse and sever use...but most of the time its from A)Bad build quality, faulty materials, unknown flaws in the materials...ect or B)Bad instalation, damage durring install...or not installed correctly/to manufacture specs.

It sounds to me like this clutch was just a bad apple....sorry it had to happen to you...but when you think of just how many clutch disks mazda goes thru, statistics say there are at least a few bad ones.

Spinning at 9k does not help them any, either :)

Dennis

Even so, to have it fail like that it had to be faulty, Iv'e seen factoy cluches droped at 8k+ and not fail quite frequently, but it will reduce the life of your car and clutch considerably, especially in the breake in period.

there was a recall for something having to do with the clutch, right?? : Tech Garage-- Problems section: Look it up.

I’m not going to lie. I mean I was driving the car harsh…but for only the first week. I never dropped the clutch in that high of rpm…and the day that it happened... I was driving really well. cuz I’ve been getting shit from my friends that I’m driving it too hard and shit...so I decided to drive all slow… I told you guys basically everything that happened and how it happened.. I just hope I drive better with this new clutch…or I’m going to fuck it up... I’m from southern Cali. Area, on the boarder of LA county and Orange county…city called Diamond Bar... I’ve wanted to go to sum of the meets but I always miss them. Anyways…I’m supposed to be getting the car back today…thank god cuz they gave me a COROLLA as a loaner car…I mean if it was an AE86…that would be another story…but an ’04…that’s just a sad ass downgrade! Anyways… you guys are DAMN helpful…I wish I could go to a rx8 meet sum where around here…

Ahhhh...and now we get the 'rest of the story'..........

umm okay…well thanks for the help!

you do know that mazda reads this stuff don't you? :D

Some other guy here posted about a loose bolt in his transmission...Could be related???

and ur point is....?? their gonna track my rx8 club user name to what? i didnt know i registered my vin number when i joined this club...lol..plus im not even saying anything wrong....thanks for your input though...it really helped....??

im not sure if a lo0se bolt could be related...but it could be a possibility. I actually spoke to a mechanic who said he used to work on mazdas like 15 years ago..and he was like "oh the exhaust runs next to the tranny, so its gonna over heat the tranny and fuck it up" i dont kno if thats tru or not...i just kept listening...i wanted to be like..."well that was 15 years ago...not 2005..." but i dont even know if thats still how the tranny and exhaust are still set up...just thot u guys would want to know....

Update on my ride:

I guess im supposed to find out in like another 30 minutes when i can pick the car up...they said they fixed the clutch and put a new one in..and i guess their doing all the neccessary recall stuff...i hope they flashed it...but im not sure if they did or not....ill have to wait and see....anyways...ill keep yall updated.


Thanks again guys! HUGE help!

Other members have had warranty voided based on statements made on the forums. Your sarcasm is misplaced.

daang thats summtin i didnt know...ill keep that in mind!

thanks nubo.

yea why do you think i was warning you? :D

haha rx-gr8 the samaritan xP
this time... break in your car smoothly my friend. just be gentle just to be safe ;)
be gentle with the lady xP

hit up the canyon roads with ur 8 in db yet?

They dont need your vin number. On message boards, people tend to give small tidbits about their lives throughout their stays here. After a few months, people release:

-Name...
-Where they are from...
-Where they bought it...
-What their cars stats are ('04 silver 6-speed 8 in ur case)...
-When they bought it...
-What they paid for it...
-What they just broke on their car...

Mazda is smart, and visit this website. If someone breaks their tranny for example via screwing around. They will use the search button, and see that sup3r_d00d with the broken tranny caused by racings real name is Billy Dean, he has a 2k5 Red rx-8 GT package with red interior. Bought it at Mariah Mazda in september of 2005. With any 2 of these informations, mazda could search for the rest of the information in THEIR databases....and void your warrenty like they did with some other rx8club people.

Does anyone else find this impossible to read?

Just checking.

Broke .. uh huh ... what exactly broke? The fork? The throwout?

"driving the car harsh ..."

uh huh. again. Note to self "do not used buy a car from this guy."

Note to him: "Wait till Mazda reads your post. Nice knowing your warranty coverage"

Heh. I love people who write like the OP. It actually takes more effort to write like that than to write properly. I mean, to intentionally misspell every other work so that it's written in "cool speak" must be hard. It's like translating from English to Japansese or something. Nevermind it makes you look like an illiterate boob who failed 4th grade. I guess that's what the kids are into these days... looking stupid. :rolleyes:

ROTFLMAO

Thanks man, that made my day.

I take it break-in period means nothing to this guy. For that matter, Merriam-Webster doesn't either.

yo yo yo,

its like english to stupid.

beers

i am pretty sure that every rear wheel drive vehicle made has the exhaust run near the tranny. so i dont think that it is a particularly Mazda fault. i would stop listening to that particular former mechanic