NEW Clutch not Engaging...Money Pit

Spaghetti999 · 07-02-2024, 05:56 PM

I've owed you guys an update, here it is
over 2 weeks, managed to drop trans

Trans Bell Housing was missing the top 2 bolts, the breather hose, and bracket that holds the breather hose. The previous shop never put these back....How bad is this? I put 4k miles on this, hard pulls too
Lots of contamination inside the trans- grease and sand looking material spread all over.
95% of the pressure plate bolts were LOOSE. 3/4 of the Flywheel bolts were LOOSE. The shop must've never torqued them/put loctite.

Get this....the center lip of the clutch where the input shaft goes into is grinded to sh*t/chewed up. Metal shavings present everywhere- all over the pressure plate. Something was clearly rubbing against it. This is probably why my clutch pedal would grind on hard shifts when releasing the pedal? That explains the metal shavings and shaved center clutch lip?
Im wondering if the top 2 bell housing bolts missing caused a misalignment which led to all this. I will have pictures up soon. I need help on this one guys. I removed the old clutch kit and pilot bearing. I've paused the job here. Is it safe to install new parts or is there deeper issues that will chew up new parts? Pictures coming soon...

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07-02-2024, 05:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Spaghetti999 Base Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Location: Chicago Posts: 54 Drives: JDM Rep Power: 4	I've owed you guys an update, here it is over 2 weeks, managed to drop trans Trans Bell Housing was missing the top 2 bolts, the breather hose, and bracket that holds the breather hose. The previous shop never put these back....How bad is this? I put 4k miles on this, hard pulls too Lots of contamination inside the trans- grease and sand looking material spread all over. 95% of the pressure plate bolts were LOOSE. 3/4 of the Flywheel bolts were LOOSE. The shop must've never torqued them/put loctite. Get this....the center lip of the clutch where the input shaft goes into is grinded to sh*t/chewed up. Metal shavings present everywhere- all over the pressure plate. Something was clearly rubbing against it. This is probably why my clutch pedal would grind on hard shifts when releasing the pedal? That explains the metal shavings and shaved center clutch lip? Im wondering if the top 2 bell housing bolts missing caused a misalignment which led to all this. I will have pictures up soon. I need help on this one guys. I removed the old clutch kit and pilot bearing. I've paused the job here. Is it safe to install new parts or is there deeper issues that will chew up new parts? Pictures coming soon...