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[Darkchylde]

Hey guys, I've got a 2nd gen 3s swap and am having trouble with my e153.

Some history first. Bought the car from Toyotacrazy about a year ago car is beautiful ran great no problems. ( this is my first turbo car ) about 3 months ago the clutch went. Long story short I took it down and the little sleeve that the throwout bearing rides on got chewed up.

Got a stage 4 comp clutch from Pheonix tuning and a bellhousing. Split the case and replaced the bellhousing ( used reverse lever loosening technique, so I only had to separate the front). Got everything sealed back up, put the tranny back in and it was a go, after a very long bleeding. After about 700 miles ( very easy and light driving miles I might add) it started to sound like the throwout bearing was going again. No biggie right made plans to change it, but before I could the car started acting up, it feels like the clutch master is loosing pressure after about 15 mins. Very hard to shift unless your Rpms are perfect. I've changed the slave twice rebuilt the master once and put in a brand new master since. Next step is pulling the trans and splitting the case again to check for internal problems. Any one have any ideas ? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

This post has been edited by Darkchylde: Jun 16, 2010 - 9:13 PM

[Darkchylde]

Lagos,

The throwout bearing is held on and moved by the fork, but on my trans it is "guided" by a sleeve that goes through it that also surrounds the input shaft.

Pittfirefighter,

I don't necssarily think that it is the clutch, powershifting at the correct rpm still works ( that's what I have had to do to get the car back to my drive way each time). Unless I am completely wrong last clutch that got shot wouldn't let me do that though.

This post has been edited by Darkchylde: Dec 2, 2009 - 7:35 PM

[pittfirefighter]

Pittfirefighter,

I don't necssarily think that it is the clutch, powershifting at the correct rpm still works ( that's what I have had to do to get the car back to my drive way each time). Unless I am completely wrong last clutch that got shot wouldn't let me do that though.

theres a difference between a clutch going and breaking
when a clutch goes... it loses all its friction capability... it doesn't matter what you do, theres no friction to grab and turn the input shaft
these clutches break... parts of them go bad easily and cause the clutch to malfunction... the friction material is still there so it will grab, but it doesn't engage and disengage correctly cause the springs are bad