98 manual trans trouble (Solved: friction disk failure)

You have been ignoring clutch slipping for a little while !

Joemac434 said:

I use someone called jgs4x4 in UK but don't know what they would charge to send to you.might be expensive.Has the clutch damaged the face of the flywheel? I'd be surprised if not,when they wear so far it usually scars the face of it and it's either a case of reworking it or fit a new one

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Fly wheel actually looks ok overall but my concern is the squiggly little lines on it. Ran my nail across the flywheel surface of those wrinkle lines and i didn't feel any break in surface smoothness. Besides that there are no noticeable heat burns or warping

freelance said:

You have been ignoring clutch slipping for a little while !

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I was thinking the same thing but while I have had it the times the slipping came up could be counted on one hand. How much slipping and abuse it had taken before I got it was probably a lot.

The day the failure finally came up wasn't until the evening after casual driving when it drove perfectly fine. I guess just a little bit of snow driving finally did it in. This time it will get a heavy duty clutch which I have already located thankfully

Whatisthatmetric said:

Fly wheel actually looks ok overall but my concern is the squiggly little lines on it. Ran my nail across the flywheel surface of those wrinkle lines and i didn't feel any break in surface smoothness. Besides that there are no noticeable heat burns or warping
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They could be and most likely are tiny little heat cracks I would throw that away its likely to shatter at some stage

Whatisthatmetric said:

The garage work on yours yet? I might find out the problem today.

Currently have mine on a friend's lift and spent the morning getting everything unhooked except a few top bolts so far. Back to it once I finish lunch ☺

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No not yet. I went in to see how they were getting on today. Due to one guy being on holiday and another off sick my D2 hasn't been touched. He has a new clutch kit in stock for it so it's just a case of getting the man power to get on with it. He's hoping the DMF is ok but I said to get one in just in case.

It annoys me that I don't have a workshop at my house in times like this. Having previously been a mechanic I could do the job no bother. I did say that if he was struggling next week I could go in and give him a hand. I did my apprenticeship there.

Whatisthatmetric said:

Fly wheel actually looks ok overall but my concern is the squiggly little lines on it. Ran my nail across the flywheel surface of those wrinkle lines and i didn't feel any break in surface smoothness. Besides that there are no noticeable heat burns or warping
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Man.......that's one of the most thorougly rodgered clutch plates I've ever seen, if thats what 38" tyres do for the driveline I'll pass thanks.
I'd be replacing it with a dual plate unit clutch from some hi performance Yankee V8, then think about all the other mechanicals along the driveline (Nissan pootrol diffs, maxidrive axles etc), then no more problemo!