South Bend Clutch-bad install

Joe@ZSpeed · 02-11-2012, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OKC Z

Question;
I recently purchased the South Bend kevlar stage 2, south bend flywheel, and HD csc. It might be little too early to tell but not so sure. The kit has been installed for 400 miles. Well Ive dislike the engagement since day one it engages really high and I have like one inch of engagement and its within the first 3 inches of pushing the pedal in. I had the shop try to adjust it that same day but it only got worst so they put it back to where it was. Well now I can go into and come out of gear without the use of the clutch pedal and at stop light I can take off without the use clutch and go thru all 6 gears without touching the pedal with very little to no effort. All I was looking for was peace of mind because of the csc failure and also because I bought the car used and I had no clue how good the disc was. Well now im all kinds of paranoid because I just spent $1500 on a clutch that might be sticking or for some shop to do a bad install. Also has anyone experienced clattering/ chatter in low speeds in all gears. But once it hits 40 mph or 2500 in any gear it goes away. Is any of this common/ normal with aftermarket kits? Is it sticking? Bad install? Me being paranoid?
One thing I did do personally was changed the transmission fluid to ams oil 75w-90.
BTW ive tried these methods..
How To Lower Clutch pedal engagement in a Infiniti G37 or Nissan 370z
Clutch Adjustment - Nissan 350Z & 370Z Wiki
many thanks in advance.

If you can put the car in gear without using the clutch at all with the car sitting still something is not right, Sounds like it may be adjusted way to tight and holding pressure on the clutch fingers, This will quickly kill the clutch. Seems impossible to me that you could put the car in gear without using the clutch and still have the car be able to move. If the clutch is disengaged far enough that you could put it in gear with out using the clutch pedal the car would not move much, if at all.

Either something is wrong with the install, I am misunderstanding what your are saying or the clutch pedal is adjusted way out of spec.

The noise you hear is common with the single mass flywheels, Seems the 370z is even worse than the earlier 350z that acquire the same noise when going to a single mass flywheel, In our experience the SBC flywheel is the quietest of the lightweight flywheels. I have installed quite a few in the Z's and noticed very little if any noise out of the trans.

Is the trans fluid level full? What fluid did you use?

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