[creeper]

for the first few thousand miles I was convinced something was wrong with it as the pedal with this clutch was always WAY too stiff for what it was. I called Tick and the company who made the clutch to try to figure it out but never got anywhere, and it has worked 100% perfectly aside from the ridiculously stiff pedal, so I just got used to it. wasn't enough reason to pull the trans out. even driving home after it failed everything felt perfectly fine. I normally notice even the slightest change with my car, so when I pulled the trans and saw those chunks sticking out of the pressure plate I was shocked.

luckily it was the pressure plate side that failed, so my flywheel is fine. you can still see the resurfacing marks on it and it looks good as new so I may not even touch it when I install the next clutch. the side of the disk facing the flywheel has a nice big "crack" in the friction material so I'm sure that side was just about ready to go too. odd for a clutch that has never seen a clutch dump, track, or even an autox.