Basically, I bought an Exedy stage 1 w/ Fidanza in early March. I put about 1500 miles on it, and next thing I know the disc breaks a spring.

I send it back to Exedy/Daikin - it takes them almost 3 weeks to find it cuz they 'lost' it in a wherehouse move. I call em up and tell them to overnite me a stage 2 for my troubles - they say ok and I got it this morning.

The pressure plate is a lot thicker it seems, kinda heavy. Almost polished too! New TO bearing also and disc.

Im hoping this wont happen again, Im tired of droppin my tranny...

 

Nice!

I've been very happy with my Stage 1

 

I hate Exedy. my disc broke as well and I tried calling them and calling them and got no answer or return call on my messages I left them. how'd you get in touch with them?

 

I bought the original from www.clutchexpress.com - I contacted THEM 1st about the problem. They took a lot of it off my hands with talking to Exedy
GREAT customer service.

But the # I have for exedy is
734-397-3333

 

cool. I will call them on monday. i bought mine from clutchcityonline.com they suck as$hole. dude tried to tell me I didn't know how to drive. I had a few choice words to say to him.

 

i had problems with both of my exedy stage 1's, but have been using an oem clutch for the past few months and no problems at all

 

I wish mine has less miles on it when it broke. But at close to 50k I doubt they would have done anything. PLus it was the T\O bearing that broke. I miss my stage 1. The oem is ok, but nothing liek my stage 1 was

 

That looks almost identical to the 2001 OEM clutch I just put in.

 

Do you have a lightened flywheel? How's it perform with your spray?


Nice Stage II btw....

 

couldn't tell ya. clutch does nothing but slip when I spray the car. fidanza is coming out and OEM is going in along with a stronger clutch but I haven't decided on which one yet.

 

daikin makes a lot of OEM clutch.

 

Why in the world would you put the p.o.s. OEM flywheel back in?

I had the same problem with my Exedy Stage 1, a spring flew out of the disc and wreaked havok as it bounced around. Decided to stay away from Exady clutches unless it's one of their carbon setups. My new clutch/flywheel assembly is much stronger and way lighter.

 

This really sucks to hear. Wish all you guys were around when I put mine in.

$tillenmax2k, what do you mean by wreaked havoc? Did it damage the tranny at all or just further damage the clutch?

 

The spring bounced around inside the pressure plate housing, and some pieces of metal that held in the spring fell through the other side and tore up my flywheel. A few small pieces of shrapnel made it out of the clutch housing and bounced around the bell housing of the trans. I had to drive 50 miles to the repair shop, with no use at all of the clutch. Had to get another flywheel also, which sucked because it had been done a few weeks prior. There was no way i was going back to stock flywheel.

 

because a lightweight aluminum flywheel isn't really intended for use at a drag strip. when I launch on slicks the light weight of the fidanza doesn't have enough inertia to keep spinning and causes my car to bog off the line. and plus i just don't trust that Fidanza anymore. Ever since I put it in I've gone through 2 clutches and am about to pull this current one out and put in an Exedy stage 2.

 

what are the symptoms of a broken spring??

something fcked up on my tranny recently (2 years w/ exedy clutch) but I think it's the TO bearing.

 

have you put the clutch kit in yet? hows it feel compared to the stage 1? also does the stage 2 feel like a back breaker as a daily driver?

 

Nadir.......when it happened to me, the shifter wouldnt go into ANY gear while the car was on.

Panda - yea its in...feels fuggin FANTASTIC. Its broken in, and sitll the pedal is pretty soft. Grips great.......just keeping my fingers crossed that the same thing wont happen.

 

thats good to hear. I just ordered mine last night.

 

My advice to you all, get Centerforce stage 2, To me and a friend of mine has been an awsome clutch!!

 

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn shotty your max is HOT!