FYI: XTR Clutch (eBay US) = Bad

[dsp26]

get strong mates.

my gf's bro dropped the gearbox on my face and benny had to run and grab it.

need a big hydraulic jack to lift the gearbox, regardless how strong you are it's hard to be underneath pushing the gearbox up at an awkward angle... gotta have strong fore-arms which i don't


change or solid fill the rear mounts while your there

[Chris S15]

would this sort of thing happen to an ORC 309DS?

Coz i get shuddering too if i don't rev enough when moving from a stand still and if i downshift without rev matching....got me worried now...

[Bludger]

if you change your clutch without machining your fly wheel, this will cause shuddering too.

[geeang]

would this sort of thing happen to an ORC 309DS?

Coz i get shuddering too if i don't rev enough when moving from a stand still and if i downshift without rev matching....got me worried now...

Your clutch is acting normally for an ORC, ORC clutches have a very fine engagement point (which usually feels like the gear just slams in even if you try to ride the clutch), so with an ORC you need more revs to take off and you need to revmatch when downshifting for it to be smooth.

[dsp26]

i'd imagine the bigger brands are stronger and have addressed this issue. I've scoured the net and the spring/holder issue seems to be common on B and H series only.

This happened to my mrs DC4 oem clutch also.

I'm going to guess clutch-kicking played the bigger part in the destruction. Makes sense since we both have solid engine mounts.... the torque and shock transfer on the clutch would be instantaneous. Probably a good thing, i'd imagine that if the clutch wasn't sprung gearsets would be broken instead.

I guess now we can say that not much can be expected from the XTR clutch considering this "Stage 3 Heavy Duty" clutch cost me less delivered versus an oem replacement standard duty Exedy locally.