Brand new clutch has apparently disintegrated!

[Scottie]

Mine is the VR4SO one. Techsport say it is "supposed to grind". I know the bearing or fork isn't installed correctly tho but i have no evidence until i pay $$$ and get the box off.

 

[mookers]

I have an Exedy 7223HD, installed by John at UltraTune Hawthorn nearly 4 years ago, still going fine. Mine was the first VR-4 clutch he'd done.

 

[Jonson]

There's really not much to it...just a lot of labour getting to it.

 

[smitty]

I'm waiting on a written report from excedy saying the clutch was installed incorrectly, then I'll be giving the old mechanic the "what the fuck?". So can't afford this crap at this time of year! Oh and I think my new microwave is about to blow up too.

 

[BuzzPuppy]

At least microwaves are cheaper than clutches!

 

[Scottie]

How did you go with this Smitty?

 

[smitty]

Unbeknownst to me, there's a nice little (rather large) label saying exedy does not offer a warrantee on performance clutches....

 

[cyber_scriber]

Exedy cannot dupe you out of your statutory rights.

Under the new Australian consumer law, you're entitled to redress if the goods aren't of acceptable quality.

Send them a letter mentioning this and see where it gets you.

 

[TME_Steve]

Yep I'm sure there would be some course of action if the clutch was defective, but wasn't it installed wrong in which case it would be the issue of the installer?

 

[Jonson]

As soon as it is installed wrong (which is hard to prove each way) you won't get a dime out of them. Chasing the workshop will be a dead end because they will just say it's clutch problem, Excedy will say fitment problem.

 

[smitty]

I might look into that... seeing as it was the OEM clutch that was installed incorrectly the first time, and I purchased an exedy one to replace that, and it was the exedy one that failed, i guess i might have a case. But yeah I suspect it'll be a dead end regardless.