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Well, spoke to soon!

My clutch is now due for repalcement, its starting to slip after about 4k rpm

Not bad, almost 4 years to the day since it went it, and close to 90,000kms of city driving :wave:

Getting another one

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got an extreme cushion button in my r33 gtst, it doesnt shudder at all, hell doesnt even feel like its biting properly. The workshop who installed it, said "better than exedy" also "this will never le

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I have an Extreme 6 Puck clutch for my GTR (Although not yet Fitted)

I dont envisage any problems with it, I have ran Brass buttons in my last 4 (FJ20T, SR20DET, RB30ET) Performance cars and have not had one fail yet, a lot of the problems you here about are due to the way the Car / Clutch is driven.

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I've always been very on and off with the clutch, never riding it.

It seems there's a common trend, the clutch doest last long when paired with the std flywheel. A nice molly or extreme flywheel and they last 2 x the distance.

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yeah, I've got the 9puk ceramic cushion doova on mine with a different flywheel that was machined before it went in.. it's as light to drive as my pulsar.. doesn't have hell bite though, but it doesn't quite slip either.

cubes: call xtreme direct and ask for a supplier, you should save a couple of hundred less than horsepower in a box :laugh: well I did for the distributor here anyhow.

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yeah, I've got the 9puk ceramic cushion doova on mine with a different flywheel that was machined before it went in.. it's as light to drive as my pulsar.. doesn't have hell bite though, but it doesn't quite slip either.

cubes: call xtreme direct and ask for a supplier, you should save a couple of hundred less than horsepower in a box :laugh: well I did for the distributor here anyhow.

thanks..

Now I need another flywheel.. You selling yours? lol

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Let us know how chewed the molly flywheel is and if its machineable. :P

Well all done..........

Cromoly Flywheel needed a very light skim, but for almost 100k it was in great nick. The pressure plate had copped a bit of wear, some groves on that.

Got the 6 puck Extreme, 50% more clamp pressure

Feels quite bitey to drive, but I don't mind that. Not much more than the one I had before.

Shaun reckons the Extreme cushioned 9 puck jobs tend the overheat the friction material, leading to early slippage. The 6 puck friction setup takes longer to heat, and longer to fail, so he went with one of those for my car.

Being a CroMo flywheel too, I think its a little less savage than the same clutch on the stock f/wheel

So there you go Cubes, I reckon that will be the go for you, with a RB30/manual setup anyhow

Fingers crossed i get another 4 years out of this one :O 4 years to the DAY that I had it replaced last time!

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Yerp the extreme one i had in the car when i got it had burnt the std flwheel a little, and no doubt would have led to some slippage.

Good idea on the replacement with that clutch.

Now ive been using the OS twin for a while, i doubt ill ever go back. Its softer than the ceramic, and soo much nicer to drive.

I dont think Cubes will need a new clutch soon, just a nice shift kit for an auto :):ninja:

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I had a xtreme cerametalic whatever with 860kg pressure plat with stock SR flywheel - no problem. Had it well machined though.

I'm just wondering if it's possible that the gearbox has shat itself? Put in new clutch, grippy grippy, dump a few and kill an already dying gearbox?

With a 1500kg pressure plate wouldn't there be a lot of flex in the firewall? Maybe the slave etc isn't lining up nicely??

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a mate of mine is running an exedy brass button 5 puck clutch in his r33, he uses it for drifting and NEVER NOT ONCE have i seen him not thrash that thing. 5 years later its starting to slip.

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The key with these clutches -

Good flywheel - cromoly seems to work well

Don't ride them too much - more you slip them the quicker they wear

almost 100k of city driving, it seemed to work well with me!

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