Reply to "Clutch Slippage"

In my experience it isn't the throwout bearing that has the problem with constant contact. It is the fingers on the pressure plate.

I have a Centerforce sitting here that was a specific build for my Taurus SHO. That pressure plate is a diaphram design and the fingers are worn about 1/2 way through with about 8,000 miles of useage.

The self adjusting pawl in that design keeps the throwout bearing in constant contact with the fingers.

Something was obviously wrong there and it isn't me.

What I am saying is that don't presume anything on these things. Double check everything, then double check that.

This makes me think of the CompCAm camshaft that I bought and straight out of the box the distributor drive gears on the cam were missing a couple of teeth.

They told me that the warranty didn't cover that but as a courtesy they would replace the camshaft. Bear in mind that it had not been installed or run. This is how it cam out of the package.

In further discussion with the Tech guy he told me that to cut costs CompCams didn't check each and every camshaft. At the time it was 1 in three that they checked. The blanks are not US made (Chinese) and they can only be checked by a real live person and that would raise the price of the product which is price sensitive.

The point is, the Centerforce is "assembled off-shore". Why would I presume that they would be any different on checking quality then Comp Cams.

Just a word to the wise about "after-market" parts. Buyer beware.