I got over 180K on my 8v GTi Sachs clutch (never tracked). It was a sight... half of the inner spokes had broken and turns out it was installed off center by the factory and the pushrod started making its own divet off center. I should frame that thing.
No real relevance, just a cool story. I am just about to install a new Sachs clutch in my 16v... i guess you would say I'm making a mistake... is it the pressure plate that sucks or the clutch disk? Mark --- [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/20/01 8:06:24 AM, [email protected] writes: > > << Anyways, that damn LuK clutch started slipping at 70k miles >> > > Uh ... so? > > 70K miles is TWICE as much as I've gotten out of any Sachs clutch on > my 16V > cars. My last sachs pressure plate lasted 13K miles, and I rarely > ever > shifted hard. It seems that the Sachs clutches can't handle 7000 > rpms. I'm > never buying one again. > I just put in a Luk Kit, which I bought from EUROSPORTACC.COM, so > we'll see > how it does. > Upon comparison, I'd say the Luk pressure plate was a better design > than the > Sachs one. > > > Alex Ranarivelo > South California > '91 GTI 16V > w/European Motorworks ported 1.8 16V head, euro intake cam, Garrett > chip, > 50mm intake, Borla exhaust, 3.90 ring and pinion, .80 5th gear, no > A/C, > neuspeed lowering springs, rear tri-tie bar, and 16 in. ABT wheels. > 140hp@the wheels. > <A HREF="http://www.iders.com/alexweb/";>Alex's Tuning Information</A> > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your > message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
