[Shotimes] It's Clutch Time!!!??

Paul Chapin pchapin@houston.rr.com
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:32:08 -0800


This means after this next clutch job, the car will
> have had 4 clutches in less than 100K, which just doesn't seem right.  I
> just don't understand why my SHO is eating clutches, as I've never had
this
> many problems with clutches in my other cars.

This is probably the only car you have ever owned that has a constant
running release bearing.


>
> The last clutch showed excessive finger wear on the pressure plate, with a
> couple of them broken off.

 Yeah, Josh's prices are excellent for the stock unit, but if you get the
> upgraded clutches, they get pretty steep real quick, and I am thinking I
> might just drive the car to aggressively for the stock clutch to handle.

Aggressive driving is not going to wear the fingers. Slippage between the
release bearing and the fingers is what wears the fingers.

Paul