Clutch Failure

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:31 pm

Well a ictdi Accord Tourer came in yesterday with the standard loss of drive. Seem to be a lot of ictdi clutches failing you see. So we continue to strip down to replace the clutch and come across this . . . . . . . . .

This is the best clutch failure I have seen in the 8 years of doing this job. Needless to say that it got sooo hot through slipping that it melted the friction material, welded itself to the flywheel and broke apart. Also badly cooked the dual mass flywheel. Was a damn mess lol

Thought id share that with you all as it amazed me!!!

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:35 pm

OUCH

bet thats gunna cost a pretty penny to fix

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:42 pm

Its around £600 in parts alone. I think its around £1000 in total

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:34 pm

not good

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:53 am

That's a nasty failure for a road car!
I assume it's a warranty job?

W1ggz · Post by **W1ggz** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:54 am

i doubt it is wurly clutches are normally classed as a non warranty item as it depends on drivers skills

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:08 pm

No customer had to pay. It has been slipping for a long time the bloke says.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:14 pm

you dont say

what kind of evil do you have to do to make that happen?

A perfect case of maintenance and good practice increase mean time to failure.