Clutch will not engage

[lintlars]

Ok heres what happened I was at the track for the first time with my new set up I was doing my first burn out when I was done I pushed the cluch in to stop but it did not work I was stuck in gear I had to stall the car to get it out of gear and get towed to the pits I took the inspection plate off on the fork side of the tranny and I can see the fork move when I push in the clutch but It will not let me put it into gear when the car is running but I can go through all the gears when the car is shut off I drove it back by starting the car in first gear and rev matched back to a buddys house , Now I have a brand new clutch just finished breaking it in its a HPF feramic, Now what let go??? the trannys goes through all the gears the clutch is brand new I can watch it move when the clutch is pushed?? Im thinking its not disengaging for some reason but why ? has anyone else had this problem Im sure I will find out when I start to rip it apart I just wanted other input.
Thanks

 

[IJ.]

Welded itself to the flywheel would be my guess

 

[lintlars]

I thought that we will see tomorrow what happened On better note I got my bros car in the 12s since my car was dead his best time was 13.7 I got it into the 12s with a 12.9@109 mph not to bad just sucks I wanted to hit the 11s

 

[IJ.]

Yep the whole "welded to the flywheel" thing was the deciding factor is going Ceramic in my Twinplate

 

[bigaaron]

I bet: the clip on the end of the chutch hub popped off, or the hub is worn down enough that the clip slid off. If this is the case replace the hub AND all the washers and spring washers with new dealer parts, then you are good for another X00,000 miles.

Happened to me.....and it sucked because the tranny had to come out to replace the hub, and the slave popped out and all the fluid ran out. :cry:

 

[lintlars]

I took the inspection plate off and the bearing is still attached to the pressure plate All the hardware is still there so it is something else. I actually can watch the pressure plate move when the clutch is engaged.

 

[drjonez]

Welded itself to the flywheel would be my guess

werd.

 

[s383mmber1]

My boss had the same thing going on.

And he tried to launch it from 8k's in his firehawk and the clutch welded itself to the flywheel.

 

[daledoe]

Is the pedal not going down or is it going to the floor and not doing eneything????

 

[MRSUPRA]

Sounds like what everyone else is saying and what happened to me. My HPF bronze clutch welded its self to my aluminum flywheel. It also happened when I was doing a 2nd gear burnout (just like you).

 

[lintlars]

daledoe Is the pedal not going down or is it going to the floor and not doing eneything????

Yes the clutch pedal feels normal I will be pulling the tranny today to see whats happening Im betting the clutch is welded to the flywheel. Thanks guys I will keep ya posted on the damage.

 

[s383mmber1]

Best of Luck With Everything

 

[lintlars]

Ok heres some pics from today yep she welded to the flywheel I was told this would only happen if I had upwards of 700hp which I dont have

 

[IJ.]

Or enough slip!

 

[daledoe]

Dam that sucks. That fun putting a new clutch in

 

[drjonez]

while excess power will do this, so will a poorly working release system or excessive riding of the clutch.