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View Poll Results: How many people have had clutch issues
I've heard about the issue but haven't had it myself 20 28.99%
My clutch went out 7 10.14%
My clutch "disintegrated" 5 7.25%
Never heard of it being an issue 39 56.52%
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Old 04-24-2012, 11:33 AM
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At 59k and clutch is great still starts grinding ever 26k it seems but I just do a flush to the system and put Penzoil 80w-90 GL-5 and the problem is solved and gone!
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Heard from the shop tonight. He is saving the clutch for me. He said when he pulled it out one side was burned and the other just disintigrated into tiny pieces. He was expecting to need to machine the flywheel, like you would with most clutch failures, but he said there was no need. The flywheel looked perfect.

His comment was he was saving the clutch and documenting what he found because it was an obvious part failure and he expected a class action lawsuit against Mazda, it looked that bad.

SPEC stage 2 clutch going in tomorrow.

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His comment was he was saving the clutch and documenting what he found because it was an obvious part failure and he expected a class action lawsuit against Mazda, it looked that bad.
Brilliant idea
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Got the car back today. I'll try to get some photos of the old clutch up tomorrow.

SPEC clutch feels great. I can't tell too much difference, but my daughter says it feels better than stock and is not difficult at all, very easy to drive.

At this point I definitely recommend the SPEC Stage 2 for stock setups.

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Good to hear. Hopefully this one holds tough, if it doesn't then we may have other internal issues. One member here is on his third OEM clutch, which I would think is something defective inside causing poor alignment.

But keep us updated Ron
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Nope, no problems, but then I only get to drive it less than 50 miles a week. 6929 so far in the year and half since I got it.
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Heard from the shop tonight. He is saving the clutch for me. He said when he pulled it out one side was burned and the other just disintigrated into tiny pieces. He was expecting to need to machine the flywheel, like you would with most clutch failures, but he said there was no need. The flywheel looked perfect.

His comment was he was saving the clutch and documenting what he found because it was an obvious part failure and he expected a class action lawsuit against Mazda, it looked that bad.

SPEC stage 2 clutch going in tomorrow.

Ron
I hope his prediction comes true...I had a feeling all along I wouldn't be the only experienced manual driver to have a total failure....
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Any updates about the OEM clutch rca?
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Or updates on how well the spec is working?
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Whatever happened to the the guy who upgraded to the SPEC clutch?

Want to hear from you about it..
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