I read a funny (sad but true) article in Zoom magazine the other week.

long story short..a Mitsubishi Galant VR4 owner wanted to update the clutch. guys on the forum recommended a performance clutch by brand and size I'm assuming.

heavy grinding noise came with the road test after install. when he questioned the guys on the forum about this grinding, their response was.....''grinding noise will be noticed for around 100km after install.'' LMFAO.

problem? the clutch was oversized for that model Galant, resulting in the new pressure plate grinding against inside of bell housing.

moral to this story? if you're not a mechanic, or not mechanically minded or dont have good trusted mates who are mechanics etc etc, dont take advice from people on any forum who claim to know what they're talking about.

at the end of the day, it's you're hard earned money and your ride, so look after it. And besides, those "keyboard warriors'' who are confronted about this f%ck up, will just laugh and move on.

He failed before he started, Getting info from a online forum was his first mistake. If he had no idea in the first place, then don't attempt to fix the problem and take it to someone who understand it and can fix it.

theres heaps of useful info on forums/internet and theres only one way to learn... just do it. I learned eveything I know now from reading alot of info on the net and getting out and doing it, all experiance counts.

only problem is alot of people dont think, I would say its more his fault than that of the people on the forum.

just like mydato said in last post, should of checked him self, but at leased he's got two clutch changes under the belt and can diganose the sound of a oversized clutch installed into the wrong gearbox...

haha

He should have checked fitment or crossed checked with the old item first anyhow.