Clutch Housing Explosion (and Calatoral Damage)

[FineLine]

seems every clutch/flywheel explosion i have seen in here is involving a jim berry "modified" clutch..

dodgy batch my ass! your just lucky you had a steel flywheel!! or it would of been a benm...

sory to see that. was it a standard box? or did you have a nice gearset in it?

It was a standard 25 box dave. Without a doubt one of the best pieces of oem equipment on the planet. It handled the power without a murmer.

Funny thing is i thought i upgraded every where I thought I needed to in the drive train. The diff is the GTR vspec alsd item, The tailshafts were custom made hardy spicer items with oversize uni joints. etc etc. Shit happens is about all you can say I guess.

[Swiper the Fox]

Oh you tried alright, You tried hard what with your little song links and barbs.

At least one of the other dowels you are referring to is in my shed as we speak, As for the other, Who knows. Probably among the box of shrapnel i had to clean off the track at qr or still in orbit. As for the dust and dirt. perhaps if Berry got off his arse instead of waffling the clutch may not have sat in his workshop for weeks gathering dust and dirt.

I did not and will not make a claim, The evidence is there and it speaks for itself. let him make the claim. The pressure plate according to all others except the erstwhile mr. berry is a dodgy pos. But then, What would they know. Mechanics know nothing and the other clutch makers are just jealous of him. (his own words) As an aside one of those clutch makers is very jealous of him. The way he explained it was that anyone who could con that sort of money out of the buying public for that product is a pure genius.

Theres so much more paul but hopefully we will face to face somewhere in the near future at a drag meeting or similar and i will enlighten you a little further.

As it stands for me to get satisfaction would involve litigation which i can ill afford. Thanks to good friends like dan and others the pain in the wallet has been minimalised to a degree that I can now look forward to more fun times with friends at a track or strip.

I refused his offer for a replacement clutch for reasons i will detail you in person. I can and do sleep at night knowing my hands and concience are clear and clean.

Yeah im cool with the above post (maybe the 1st line was a little cheeky..but im a cheeky bugger too though and if you cannot take it don't dish it out)...bit more adult than the last. Noel two sides of the story exist though and only one was present here, its a bit unfair that the other side was not publicly known...it now is. In fairness to Jim and Race Clutch ive just made the public aware of the other side...i have no ties to Race Clutch in any way and its widely known i dont use his product anymore.

Dave Benm's flywheel was fractured for some time as evidenced by the rust marks along some of the bits of it. I recommend if anyone is using one of Jim's clutches at the very least get their flywheel x-rayed to ensure its serviceable and not place themselves, their vehicle, their safety and/or Jim's reputation at risk. I run a NPC billet clutch and flywheel and run a ballistic blanket as added safety.

Edited January 25, 2009 by DiRTgarage

[FineLine]

Yeah im cool with the above post...bit more adult than the last. Noel two sides of the story exist though and only one was present here, its a bit unfair that the other side was not publicly known...it now is. In fairness to Jim and Race Clutch ive just made the public aware of the other side...i have no ties to Race Clutch in any way and its widely known i dont use his product anymore.

Dave Benm's flywheel was fractured for some time as evidenced by the rust marks along some of the bits of it. I recommend if anyone is using one of Jim's clutches at the very least get their flywheel x-rayed to ensure its serviceable and not place themselves, their vehicle, their safety and/or Jim's reputation at risk. I run a NPC billet clutch and flywheel and run a ballistic blanket as added safety.

Empty your pm box Paul you slack prick.

[Guilt-Toy]

this car back on the road yet?

[The Dan]

this car back on the road yet?

Yep.

Was hoping to have the new cryo gearbox back together in time for Time Attack 2 but wasn't to be the case. It has been running since december IIRC.

We still have the old block here with the piece missing so thinking of spray welding it then drilling and tapping a new thread for the g/box hole. Then use it for a spare engine as it's still standard bore.