[s-cars] if i could direct your attention here...

[pkrasusky@ups.com]

Ah, I knew there were remote parts of me grey matter that still
contained a synapse or three.
 
Didn't realize you had a TJM clutch, that would answer that certainly!  
 
Comic Book Guys seyz: "_stiffest_clutch_ever_" heh heh...  
 
Regardless, I'm no engineer but my guess is any real heavy clutch,
either TJM / other / or worn pressure-plated OE is what causes the
increased stress to the clevis and the resulting fatigue.  

Did you try the HemiPlatt nuts / bolts / washers solution?  Baloney and
many others have with good result.
 
On your hydraulics, the ABS felt like it was kicking back into my foot
with slight pulses, and pedal was rock hard.  Bomb was my gut, but my
guts sometime suck.
 
HTH, good luck, and may want to start donning a cup to protect them
naughtybits...
 
-Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: brian hoeft [mailto:surlyq at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:26 AM
To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)
Cc: S-CAR-List at audifans.com
Subject: Re: if i could direct your attention here...


paul, youre a correct recaller, that was my brute of a clutch you
pumped... its been that way ever since tjm sent their 4-puck overkiller.
its a great clutch for certain applications, overkill for my current
setup... which will be different and necessitating such clamping force
in the upcoming year. 
 
the guys at nea assure me that they have replaced dozens of these over
the years with no correlation to clutch setups...  did i scoff at that
sentiment? no doubt, but i have heard of many tales of this type of
failure with traditional clutches on less boosted c4's.  
 
the hydraulic and mechanical components(other than my T/O bearing) are
either new or in great shape.  so i guess this is ? collateral damage?
 
anyways, im off now to meet a fabricator to discuss options, then figure
out how to swap bushings out of the pedal assemblies... the one from my
parts car was cracked, the one from my cracked assembly is good, but
both are very fragile.  then to deal with the over-center spring...
another great day,, for a kick in the d!ck. 
 
brian -labour of love- h.