Thanks for the suggestion!
At 08:18 PM 9/8/2005, Martin Sukey wrote:
>Had the same problem a couple of years ago. Took everything apart and
>discovered the Toyota throw out bearing had done the groove thingy to my
>pressure plate just as you saw on yours. Put new stock parts back in and all
>was well....until last month. Went to VTR and drove the heck out of the car
>and all was well. Came back Saturday and did an autox Sunday. About half way
>through the event the clutch started doing the stick again just like
>previously. CRAP, heading off to the TRF summer party in a week and now I
>have to tear the transmission out:( Took everything apart fully expecting to
>see the grooves in the pressure plate fingers. Nothing. I am pretty hard on
>clutches so there was quite a lot of clutch residue all over everything. I
>thoroughly cleaned up everything inside. Went over some rough spots with
>emery cloth, put some grease on the splines and put the sucker back in. Has
>been working like new every since. It appears that just that slight coating
>of clutch powder was enough to cause things to start binding up when it got
>hot.
>
>Marty Sukey
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