Ceramic 5 Puk Clutch

[DGK33]

hey al,l i recently had an exedy 5 puk ceramic button clutch installed and noticed today it started slippin bout 4 grand in 1st gear. im pretty new here and was wonderin if there is a way to get around this without replacing the clutch? any ideas? help a brother out. cheers guys

[and3_3]

Did they machine your flywheel when it was installed? Or was it replaced?

[doo doo]

From what I know once your ceramic goes it 's gone. You need to machine the flywheel for ceramic with a facing head rather than a stone, and they do not like ANY grease getting on them, or being ridden.

[Turbo 33]

hey al,l i recently had an exedy 5 puk ceramic button clutch installed and noticed today it started slippin bout 4 grand in 1st gear. im pretty new here and was wonderin if there is a way to get around this without replacing the clutch? any ideas? help a brother out. cheers guys

same as mine mine is about 5000ks old and its slipping toi am ringing exedy tomorrow they can go f*** themselves and can pay for new one

[Beelzebub89]

Will be slipping because of your driving style before anything else I think. Button clutches are not for everyday driving. Pretty sure you wouldn't generate enough heat with normal driving and that will cause the ceramic material to wear quicker. They also hate being ridden.

[DGK33]

the clutch was all installed professionally, machiined flywheel, new spigot bearing, new gearbox and clutch oil. i know they dont like gettin riddin so it cant be from that, could maybe be a little 'overkill' with the clutch? its the solid button kit maybe shoulda settled for the cushion? it cant be that bad driving it everyday can it?

[Beelzebub89]

Button clutches love to be driven hard thats what they're there for. Fast gear changes on track and good launches down the strip. Its when you start to drive them normally that you get more slip and more wear on them. Unless it is a drift car or a dedicated track whore I don't see the point in a button clutch. There are plenty of manufactureres that are making decent organic clutches now and you can always talk to Jim Berry and get yourself a nice single plate clutch from him. All the feel of a stock clutch but able to handle a lot more power..

Just my 2 cents

[(B1) MR_fanny]

im glad i got myself the cushion instead of a full blown button one. The cushion was a hand full in the begining to get used to and not ride so much but theres just some road situations were you have to ride it a lil sometimes like parking and stuff. Pedal feel is just a tad harder than stock now, but at the beginning it was fairly heavy. I think full button is abit of overkill if its just a daily.

[On Edge]

button clutch can be overkill, but how much power are you guys running?

[J34]

Whats the difference between the 5 and 3 puck ceramic clutch? and generally how many Kms could you expect to get out of one of these clutches. Im running the 3 puck ceramic in my R34GTT and its a daily driven car. Done over 20,000 kms on it so far and no problems i try my best not to slip it and generally try to abuse it and the clutch seems to love it.

[NZM.031]

Whats the difference between the 5 and 3 puck ceramic clutch? and generally how many Kms could you expect to get out of one of these clutches. Im running the 3 puck ceramic in my R34GTT and its a daily driven car. Done over 20,000 kms on it so far and no problems i try my best not to slip it and generally try to abuse it and the clutch seems to love it.

sprung centre though??

difference between 5 puk and 3 puk is 2 puks.. 5 puk has more surface area to grip with... but the surface prssure is reduced.. more surface area and less pressure means it can handle more slip for day to day driving. with a 3 puck, the surface is less and the pressure is greater, so it will wear more than the 5 puk if slipped

[J34]

Yeah mine is a sprung centre 3 puck. I can see that its not designed for daily driving but it seems to be handling it. So a button clutch isn't sprung centre?

[Birds]

Exedy cushion button ftw. I have one in my daily driver...was installed before I bought the car and I've done nearly 10,000km on it no problems (is a little squeaky sometimes). I tend to slip it a fair bit too, not on purpose, just because of bad traffic sometimes. If I've got pole position at the lights she gets a quick launch.

Keep in mind this could be oil on your flywheel as per a leaking rear main seal.