Clutchmasters :(

[gawath]

I was driving to work one morning and shifted to neutral while coming to a stoplight. A grinding sound appeared while shifting to neutral. After that I could not get the car in gear. I could shift gears without stepping on the clutch. I pushed the car to the side of the road. and had a tow truck tow the car home. I didn't have a ride to work, so I decided to take out the transmission. I have never seen this before. Here's what I found below.

You can see that the pad is still in great condition. But upon further inspection....

All the splines were gone on the clutch disk.

I didn't think the input shaft was all that bad...

Until I had to install the transmission three times. I had a Clutchmasters Stage 5 in my car and rarely abuse it on my stock KA24DE. I ordered a new clutch disk (non Clutchmasters) and used the same Clutchmaster's pressure plate. The first attempt I installed the transmission from under the car. I couldn't put the car in gear when it was on. On the second attempt, I took out the whole motor/transmission. It was difficult to even get the transmission off of the block, so there was a problem. Installed it back in the car and same result. Can't put the car in gear while it's on. I took out the motor/transmission again for the third time. I was able to test fit the new clutch disk with the input shaft and it didn't slide in easily at all. I used a dremel with a griding wheel to "repair" the input shaft. I was able to slide the clutch disk on smoothly afterwards. After 3 days worth or work and 3 transmission installs it finally works. Just an FYI for people that may run into a problem like this.

[Structure240sx]

wow thats crazy

my stage 5 clutchmasters was great, until it wore down from too much abuse. i got about 10,000miles out of it, til it started slipped once i was making over 400rwtq

[dsylvia]

damn thats weird. cuz i too have a clutch masters stage 5 in my car. and i blew my transmission last week. or so i thought. i wonder if thats what really happened to my car......

[Structure240sx]

i broke 5th and reverse synchro on my other transmission before. it was because at least one of the pucks of the clutchmasters was slipping, putting alot of stress on the transmission. i jambed it into 5th and it was like neutral.

[Craving4Boost]

anthony your clutchmaster better still be in okay condition lol...better not jinx mines just because i jynxed your radiator

[1WheelWonder]

Wow, that's nasty. I hate to see that for you.