ACT clutch dragging/not disengaging - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

FirestormFlex · 04-19-2016, 07:26 AM

I'm currently running an ACT HD Street clutch (SB7-HDSS) on my turbo FR-S. At first everything was perfect, but after being installed for only a few thousand miles its having issues disengaging. Everything is fine when the car is off, and when I first start it. But once everything is warmed up, the clutch is dragging sometimes and is locking me out of gear at stoplights.

I have adjusted the clutch pedal up a bit higher and it helped a little, but I'm still having issues. It's getting difficult to drive sometimes, to the point that I'm afraid to let my wife take it (last thing I want is her stuck with a line of cars behind her because she can't get it into any gear and doesn't know what to do).

I'm going to have my mechanic pull the tranny and inspect everything again - We'll be seeing about warranty replacement but I'm not sure I trust ACT after reading of others having similar issues. Any recommendations on a clutch that won't give me problems?

nickmerronesucks · 04-19-2016, 08:05 AM

I had issues with that clutch, particularly the disc. I had it in for about 500 miles. And then finally went to go start getting on the car and it slipped right away. I swapped in a 4 puck disc from ACT, and now have no issues, although sometimes it is a bit noisy when it gets hot but it seems to not be doing any damage..

Im wondering if you somehow got an older model that was sitting on a shelf cause if I recall when these cars first came out the ACT clutch had issues like this and i think they fixed it. Or maybe it was exedy.

sw20kosh · 04-19-2016, 04:10 PM

having the same issue as well as vibration/resonance sound coming through the clutch pedal.

FirestormFlex · 04-19-2016, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sw20kosh

having the same issue as well as vibration/resonance sound coming through the clutch pedal.

Yep - I'm getting that vibration as well. Also finding that the clutch slips badly at takeoff sometimes, and on the highway as well. Definitely not happy to have this happen in only a few thousand miles.

Saelee5 · 09-14-2020, 01:35 AM

Ever figure this out?

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Originally Posted by FirestormFlex

I'm currently running an ACT HD Street clutch (SB7-HDSS) on my turbo FR-S. At first everything was perfect, but after being installed for only a few thousand miles its having issues disengaging. Everything is fine when the car is off, and when I first start it. But once everything is warmed up, the clutch is dragging sometimes and is locking me out of gear at stoplights.

I have adjusted the clutch pedal up a bit higher and it helped a little, but I'm still having issues. It's getting difficult to drive sometimes, to the point that I'm afraid to let my wife take it (last thing I want is her stuck with a line of cars behind her because she can't get it into any gear and doesn't know what to do).

I'm going to have my mechanic pull the tranny and inspect everything again - We'll be seeing about warranty replacement but I'm not sure I trust ACT after reading of others having similar issues. Any recommendations on a clutch that won't give me problems?

churchx · 09-14-2020, 02:18 AM

Saelee5: pay notice to times of posts, 4 years ago. Even more so if OP poster hasn't been on this forum after 2017.
Otherwise seems yet another failure with ACT clutch. Most "fixed" it by installing other clutch. For example reverted to OE or some Exedy. Here another recent one with ACT.

04-19-2016, 07:26 AM	#1
FirestormFlex Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: 2015 Turbo FR-S Location: Connecticut Posts: 98 Thanks: 35 Thanked 47 Times in 30 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	ACT clutch dragging/not disengaging I'm currently running an ACT HD Street clutch (SB7-HDSS) on my turbo FR-S. At first everything was perfect, but after being installed for only a few thousand miles its having issues disengaging. Everything is fine when the car is off, and when I first start it. But once everything is warmed up, the clutch is dragging sometimes and is locking me out of gear at stoplights. I have adjusted the clutch pedal up a bit higher and it helped a little, but I'm still having issues. It's getting difficult to drive sometimes, to the point that I'm afraid to let my wife take it (last thing I want is her stuck with a line of cars behind her because she can't get it into any gear and doesn't know what to do). I'm going to have my mechanic pull the tranny and inspect everything again - We'll be seeing about warranty replacement but I'm not sure I trust ACT after reading of others having similar issues. Any recommendations on a clutch that won't give me problems?

04-19-2016, 08:05 AM	#2
nickmerronesucks Ned flanders Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 13 BRZ, 16 Hellcat, 22 Ram 2500 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 885 Thanks: 451 Thanked 362 Times in 254 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I had issues with that clutch, particularly the disc. I had it in for about 500 miles. And then finally went to go start getting on the car and it slipped right away. I swapped in a 4 puck disc from ACT, and now have no issues, although sometimes it is a bit noisy when it gets hot but it seems to not be doing any damage.. Im wondering if you somehow got an older model that was sitting on a shelf cause if I recall when these cars first came out the ACT clutch had issues like this and i think they fixed it. Or maybe it was exedy. __________________ 797Performance.com

04-19-2016, 04:10 PM	#3
sw20kosh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Black FR-S Location: SF Posts: 3,030 Thanks: 881 Thanked 2,014 Times in 990 Posts Mentioned: 153 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	having the same issue as well as vibration/resonance sound coming through the clutch pedal. __________________ 86DRIVE Challenge

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churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,086 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Saelee5: pay notice to times of posts, 4 years ago. Even more so if OP poster hasn't been on this forum after 2017. Otherwise seems yet another failure with ACT clutch. Most "fixed" it by installing other clutch. For example reverted to OE or some Exedy. Here another recent one with ACT.

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