well after my breakin period on the new 5spd converison with a fidanza and an exedy stage one i let her have it. full power launch and smacked it in at 6500 rpm into 2nd gear. is all i have to say.....it slips....i know there is no grease i sandpapered and brake kleened the flywheel it was spotless and greasless when i put it in and i even put on a pair or rubber gloves for that part of the install....im baffled. im not boosted yet and god forbid I do that now. anyone else install the exedy and have slipping problems ? i was expecting a nice burnout and 2nd gear chirp instead all i heard was nothing and smelled burnt clutch i babied it till 650 miles....

now i can let it out easy in first and get it to say 3000rpm or so...smack the throttle and she will hold but if I dump the clutch and do a full power run it just dosent hold.....think the clutch is no good ? i torqued it to spec and followed the FSM for tightening procedures i just dont get it the maximas not putting down crazy hp just a few bolt ons like y pipe....

 

There is NO WAY it should be slipping. I was running 12 lbs of boost with that same setup and no problem.

Please get under the dash and adjust the clutch. It has to be out of adjustment

-matt

 

I agree, shouldnt be slipping that young. Are you on a SS clutch line? (just out of curiousity), and new fluid?

 

I didnt have my SS line when I had my exedy. I just installed it with my New Clutchnet

-matt

 

possible it might need a bit longer to break in? or maybe a faulty clutch plate?

I've heard storys of bad batches of the exedy clutch.Not too sure how true they are.

 

I agree. I still am @ 12psi. I learned to drive 5spd with this clutch and it's still holding after 4 months now.

 

Are you SURE it's the Stage 1 and not the OEM replacement? It's sad how many people make that mistake, including vendors...

 

you need to adjust it little bit

 

i got a exedy stage one and stock fly wheel and i babed it for 1000 miles and it slips i should of gotin a stage 3 clutch but trans is grinding the bearings are shoot.

 

even if it was the oem replacement it still shouldn't be slipping. I have over 40k mi on mine and it isn't slipping. It either wasn't installed correctly, not broken in properly, or it's just a bad one.

 

Good luck, sounds like you should have done a bit more on the breakin and possibly not worked it so hard for the first time? It could definately be a case of faulty parts though.

 

you can always go with a dif clutch..I put the spec st. 2 in and barely..well didnt really give a break in period and that thing grabbed like no other.."grabbed" I dont use it anymore. Got tired of the chatter.

 

Yes, I also had one that was fine. But the pressure plate that comes with that kit isn't very good for much more than brisk daily driving. If he's doing clutch dumps from 6.5k, that could be the problem.

 

Take off the racing slicks and put the stock touring tires on.
Jae

 

i wasnt dumping it from a stop at 6500 thats crazy. i shifted at 6500 into second. well ill add this to the mix. shifting from first to second it feels like it vibrates or jumps for a sec while its slippin then catches or its just the tranny catching up with the car.

how do i adjust the clutch on the car maybe thats the issue at hand.....

yes its a stage one not an oem......

 

I don't think an adjustment is going to solve your issues.

 

i had an exedy oem replacement/fidanza flywheel on a modded max(y pipe, b pipe, catback, intake) and had absolutely no problem with slipping....something not right....

 

your right it still slips.....man im peeved....well i guess maybe the pressure plate is a dud....maybe ill try an act clutch....

 

what rpm are you shifting at? are you rev matching or adding juice? how are you letting the clutch out?

Jae

 

My bad. All I saw was "smacked it" and "6500 rpm"...

That's most likely clutch chatter. Maybe related, maybe not...

Either way, something is definitely amiss. If you really bought a Stage One kit, and if the vendor didn't accidentally (or intentionally) send you the wrong one, you might have a defective pressure plate.

The only alternative explanation I'm aware of is that your clutch hydraulics are weak. It happens occasionally on some Maximas with aftermarket clutch kits, and it can cause all sorts of slip.

 

even if the hydraulics were weak id have problems getting it out of gear...it shifts like a dream....im thinkin pressure plate as thats what applies the "pressure" for the go baby go......

 

Did you try adjusting the clutch pedal engagement point? I couldn't tell from the posts above whether you did or not. If not, try adjusting it some and see if that helps. It solved the only clutch slipping issue I ever had.

 

Yup, the last time I replaced my clutch, it was slipping pretty bad, then I adjusted the pedal and everything was fine.

 

I'm gonna say your break in period wasn't thorough enough...

 

Could happen. Took me about 30k to break mine in. I'm at 80k now. Expecting another 80k. I rebuilt my tranny around 65k; no slipping, no chatter, lovin it. I had the same slipping and delayed catch like the original poster had. Didn't matter what rpm or how I let it out, it just wouldn't catch correctly till about 30k. It was like I was a newb driver.

One thing I'm considering is raising my idle to make standing starts smoother. I've seen it done in other cars with good results. Or I can just give it a lil more gas. Haha.

Jae

 

yea guys ive adjusted the petal its all the way up the threaded rod is att he end anymore and it will come out of the petal. i broke her in for 650 miles and it only suggested 500 so i figured i was good....well only thing i can do is change it at this point. ill be boostin very soon and the boost will fry that clutch im thinkin a stage two but for now ill leave that clutch in till im ready to boost....

 

I had the ACT st.1 after the Exedy St.1 and man it was a hell of an improvement, so if you're going to upgrade it's FTW.

I didn't need it so.. went to 5th Gen clutch and love the hell out of it. But good luck my Exedy never really did what you speak of.. hmm