...as expected, I'm a moron. It turns out the outer CV joint on my passenger half-shaft separated during the tugging of removal and installation. My clutch was working fine, its just that all of the power was being transferred to the spinning rod, aka my half-shaft. The clue was that the speedo was reading 5-10mph while the car was still. I crawled under and inspected the axles, and found the one twisted freely in my hand.

Unfortunately, I gave up on the 5th gen clutch swap before finding this, and used a local 4th gen pressure plate since I was out of time. If anyone needs a new 5th gen pp 30210-89F00, I'm selling mine here.

 

Well, at least you found your problem.

 

hey you never mentioned the speedo going up! (or did i miss that?) i would have told you exactly what was wrong.

 

Wow, I am glad that you found your problem. I know it must have been nerve wracking having your car like that. Good job on the troubleshooting, and I wouldn't worry too much about the pressure plate being non 5G - having a brand new, OEM clutch will feel great none the less. Again, good work.

 

I thought you were supercharging the i30???

 

thanks guys. if i had noticed the speedo before (maybe I was afraid to gas it a little then) I would have had the diagnosis earlier also. oh, well. it was a learning experience...

 

i responded in ur FS thread

 

yeah, same happened to me right after my swap, my axle wasnt properly seated, so it came out of the differential just enough that it wouldnt move the car, but move the speedo. i was doing 150 standing still, lol....i thought the clutch was toast, but then realized it was the axle....popped it back in, and things have been great ever since.

-Freddy

 

I still am. I decided to put a mevi on first. Now that all of that is taken care of I am going to buy one of those SC starter kits from matty.

Did not know you whent turbo. When did that happen? How's it working out for you?

 

you have a PM.