Hi all. I bought an 08 base with a very worn clutch and slipping clutch. Only ever drove it onto a trailer and into my garage. I just finished up installing a new flywheel, clutch, pp, pilot bearing, and release bearing. Put everything together and the clutch release fork ends up hitting the edge of the bellhousing it goes through before the clutch disengages. All of the parts were OEM style replacements from Rock Auto. I've done at least a dozen clutch replacements on a variety of cars and never run into an issue like this before. I did as much trouble shooting as I can with things still installed, and I am starting to suspect that the clutch release fork is bent.

I will disassemble and dig in to diagnose in a few days, but I was wondering if someone on here could post pictures of what their clutch forks look like in the meantime. It would be awesome if it was a picture while uninstalled, but installed would still be super helpful. I have searched extensively on here as well as Google and could only find a few pictures, none of which was a good angle to determine anything from.

Thanks in advance all.

 

Follow up. Finally got a replacement clutch fork a month or so after my original post, and the one that came with the car was indeed bent. However, it was only bent a slight amount and the new clutch fork did not solve the problem. The root cause of the problem ended up being that the clutch disc that was shipped with the clutch kit that I bought was too thick. I ended up purchasing a clutch kit from a different manufacturer and everything now works as it should.

 

Good to now, thanks.

 

this is way late but which clutch kit (manufacturer) did you originally use?

and which kit (manufacturer) resolved the issue?

 

I've always used Exedy OEM and had good luck with that kit. However, my throwout bearing got broken (one of the little ears holding the TO bearing to the fork was completely snapped off). The little ear would occasionally get picked up by the clutch and fling against the clutch housing, leaving a bunch of marks.

Unfortunately, I had the clutch installed by a mechanic so it might have been a less than idea installation. My clutch failed early because he said no need to resurface the flywheel and many miles later, my flywheel had a good 20 thou impression in it so no wonder the clutch started slipping. A replacement Luk flywheel is about 100$ so I recommend replacing the flywheel if you can't get it resurfaced if you want to get the longest life out of your clutch.

Also, Exedy recommends blue loctite on the pressure plate bolts. I didn't do it in my install and noticed the recommendation in the instructions after. Might be wise to use blue loctite for these since it is impossible to get to.

 

unfortunately, I couldn’t find an exedy kit for mine that I could buy with confidence. All were 3rd party claiming to be exedy and I couldn’t verify.

So I am wondering which kits the OP used to know which one was the culprit of their continued problems.

 

I just installed the Exedy clutch kit from Rockauto and have about 500 miles on it with zero issues. Rockauto is a reputable vendor. The only thing I didn't use was the Exedy throwout bearing that came with the kit, I instead bought the NSK throwout bearing for $24 since NSK is the manufacturer of the OE throwout bearing which is $130 from Honda.

 

that’s a good idea. Did the TO bearing appear to be better quality than the one in the exedy kit?

 

not really anything perceptible, but I've had experiences in the past with exedy throwout bearings making noise whereas the OEM Honda throwout bearing is known to be very good quality.