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10-20-2007, 08:22 AM
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Exploding clutch
A friend recently blew up the clutch in his '06 Elise at Buttonwillow. Required new clutch AND transmission. Fortunately Lotus covered it because this is a common problem--something about a "clip" that breaks. My '05 is out of warranty soon, so I'd like to avoid this problem. Does anyone know what clip they are talking about, and is there an upgrade?
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10-20-2007, 08:36 AM
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short angry bloke
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There's two (popular) failure modes:
- snap a torque strap - snap one of the clips holding the diaphragm spring on the pressure plate Several options for upgrading: - ACT (probably the most popular) - Lotus Sport - TODA - etc. Here's a torque strap failure (post 3 for the photo, note the 3 o'clock position): http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19436 Here's a clip failure (post 21 for the photo, note the 12 o'clock position): http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43130 Common enough on cars that get tracked - torque strap failure can do quite a bit of damage to the bellhousing, clip failure usually just means clutch replacement. Sounds like your friend broke a torque strap.
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