Quick background: I replaced my clutch last fall. Replaced most everything - seals, bearings, disk, master/slave cylinders, line, etc. Flywheel was machined at Napa. The clip on the clutch fork was broken, so we engineered a fix. Everything worked fine until roughly two weeks ago, the clutch began engaging only at the very top of pedal travel. Like it was already worn out. Things went from working great to barely working immediately; there was no "slow degredation" - one day everything was perfect, the next it wasn't. I bled the clutch but nothing changed. I drove it two more weeks trying to delay the inevitable, but last Thursday the clutch began slipping so I parked the car. It's a daily driver, so there are ~5,000 miles on the new clutch. Also, this is the Centerforce complete system kit from Grady. The transmission is now out. I took some pictures because I don't fully understand what the problem is. Full flywheel pic: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/flywheel.jpg Close-up: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/flywheel_close.jpg Looks like the area where the clutch disk goes is worn down quite a bit. How is this possible? I do not abuse the clutch - at all. Was it simply machined down too far? Or maybe it had been turned in the past, before I owned the car, and was on its last legs already? The disk area is *slightly* higher than the outside ring, but not by much. Do I need a new flywheel? There is another potential issue: The little clip on the back of the clutch fork broke off. It was already damaged when I replaced the clutch last fall. We rigged up a fix (which held), but the "Y" part of the clip at the end gave up and went who-knows-where. Could this cause the clutch travel to change and the clutch disk to slip? Do I need a new clutch fork? Can I just buy that little clip? Picture of fork: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/fork.jpg The pressure plate and clutch disk have some interesting patterns on them. Not sure if that's normal: Pressure plate: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/plate.jpg Closeup: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/plateclose.jpg Clutch disk: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/disk.jpg Closeup: http://www.ryanwright.com/tmp/dclutch/diskclose.jpg At this point I am unsure how to proceed, and could really use your advice. :) Thank you, -Ryan To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/