Blow up my clutch and pressure plate doing a burnout!!!

[289-tiger-]

You were lucky nothing entered the passenger area of the cab. Don't do a launch like that unless there is a blowshield around the clutch.

Good luck

 

[mlunsford]

Spin the engine fast enough, and the flywheel maybe the last thing you see/feel.

 

[Bob Ayers]

Spin the engine fast enough, and the flywheel maybe the last thing you see/feel.

Good thing Ford has a RPM & SPEED limiter built into the PCM to protect stupid people from stuff like this!!

 

[Defective]

Personally I think these guys are coming down on you a little hard.

I just don't feel burning the rear tires on a pickup is that torturous to a clutch. I'm sure it takes many miles of normal use away from it, but to blow it up and break the flywheel at the same time seems like an extreme case.

I've dumped the clutch and hit the brakes to do a burn outs quite a few times and the only thing I've broken are leaf springs..

I assume you had an empty bed and to me that means you should be able to smoke them till their gone.

I'd consider you unlucky, but also consider the "expect to pay if you play" modo.

 

[whitebassbenny]

I did a nice 20'+ and then towed the bass boat the next day. I learned big brake stand + boat+ rusty brake lines don't all like each other. oh and blew up the cyclinder to. hehe it was fun tho


or you could also get line lock....

 

[shadetree]

I would think that possibly the flywheel had a defect of some kind, or when the pressure plate came apart the pieces jammed against the flywheel and the bell housing causing it to break.

Low rpm explosions of flywheels are a rarity. The centers occasionally break out, but the complete unit disintegrating is unusual.shady

 

[Antoine Dorval]

anyway...in any case I feel I have been very unlucky...

these guys telling me I am a moron for doing a burnout...

I got two words for them... F**K YOU!!!


I just bought that truck a month ago...and I was just having a little fun with my new toy!!! why would I be a moron for that!!!


anyway...that won't stop me for having fun with it...my clutch is new top to bottom now...so next time the clutch will hold the burnout without breaking in parts!!!

 

[woodyedmiston]

Someone else said you pay your money and you take your chances - It's his clutch and driveline and if he wants to do burnouts - let him do so and have a lot of fun. Its not fun to me, but neither are any of the "ball" sports.

However, what you FEEL about the subject, with relation to how tortuous a burnout is on a clutch is not helpful. Feelings are not helpful with relation to parts pushed past their manufacturer's engineering standards. A burnout is certainly that. Even with a new non-defective part it is dangerous. You can be seriously hurt by an exploding clutch and it happens frequently enough that most race sanctioning bodies still require special equipment.

That doesn't mean I'm dumping on anyone - but feelings are totally inappropriate when you are talking about high speed equipment.

 

[gotmudd]

Someone else said you pay your money and you take your chances - It's his clutch and driveline and if he wants to do burnouts - let him do so and have a lot of fun. Its not fun to me, but neither are any of the "ball" sports.

However, what you FEEL about the subject, with relation to how tortuous a burnout is on a clutch is not helpful. Feelings are not helpful with relation to parts pushed past their manufacturer's engineering standards. A burnout is certainly that. Even with a new non-defective part it is dangerous. You can be seriously hurt by an exploding clutch and it happens frequently enough that most race sanctioning bodies still require special equipment.

That doesn't mean I'm dumping on anyone - but feelings are totally inappropriate when you are talking about high speed equipment.

i ain't knock him for doing it hell i used to do it myself, when i didn't realize how costly repairs can be. it don't matter what the part, they're all expensive and if he wants to 'BLOW' his money, that's his choice. myself, i get tired of fixing my mistakes, let alone the general maintenance and upkeep. i just spent $300 on parts for the front end i'm shoving under my truck and that was (1)rotor (1)caliper (2)complete wheel bearing kits (2) spindle kits and i still need brake lines and pads, bye bye to another couple hundie

 

[Jspafford]

He learned his lesson not to abuse his truck. I think this thread is done.