2nd Gen R56 Cooper S In for clutch/flywheel. Wish me luck.

I just dropped my MINI off for "service". Flywheel chatter is excessive and gear engagement is notchy. I had to agree to a $1,200 service fee if it was determined to be "customer abuse".

Don't believe the sales guy when they tell you the clutch is covered under the service warranty.

2010 MCS with 34k miles on the odo.

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"Bright Spots on the flywheel." I asked that very question.

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Well I wouldn't have even brought it in, but the two service guys I and my Dad normally deal with seemed pretty convinced that the dealer will "goodwill" the replacement of the parts (inclusive of labor) regardless of the "customer abuse" issue.

These guys have always taken care of me and never given me BS answers when I had uncomfortable questions. My car has 1.5 seasons of autocross plus 5 track days. Im gonna guess there are some bright spots.

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I'll see what I can do as far as pics. Rudy the tech working on the car has been good about that kinda stuff before.

I slip the clutch everytime I go into 1st from a stop. I wasn't aware there was another way to do it...

Trackdays wouldn't be harder except the breaking/downshift spots where the guy in front of you breaks too much to early and you get hard on the brake and end up over revving to the lower gear because your foot was already on the gas as well for a rev match. That's happened more than once.

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Just got a call from the dealer. Flywheel is bright-spot free. The SA and Tech were stunned. The SA said it's the first he's ever seen that had NO "hot spots". I'm getting a new Clutch/Pressure Plate/Throwout bearing along with a new flywheel for $0.00.

The SA said he'd keep the parts out for me to take pics of so I should have some to post up tonight.

 

I'm tempted to roll up with my helmet on... LOL. :cornut:

I'm not so sure about the shifting God part but it made me laugh out loud in the office. :blush2:

I gotta say these guys were realyl willing to help me. I know that folks fight with thier dealership service guys a bunch. I'm lucky not to have that issue.

 

My SA said something about un-even outer wear of the pucks on the clutch. I'll have more detail when I speak with the tech and get some pics.

 

Problem gone. No more chatter or rough engagement. The clutch pedal got softer if that's even possible. Shifts nice.

Pics!

Tech holding the throwout bearing:


Pressure Plate:


Flywheel had excessive play in it (not really able to show in picture):


Clutch. Hard to tell but there is an odd uneven wear on one side of the clutch. BTW, that thing IS TINY!!!! :

 

Sounds like a possibility. Drive to work was nice. It's funny, I just adjusted to it. So I didn't notice the clutch pedal harshness or the engagement issues as much as I should have.

The bright spots on the throwout bearing sleeve are from clutch dust landing on it getting caught in there and basically sanding the thing to a polish. That was the reason for the "stiff" clutch pedal acording to the tech. It's still NOTHING compared to the pedal in my 2005 Mustang GT. That was a stiff stock pedal.:lol:

 

Holy Revived thread! :lol:

It's been 7 months about 20k miles (Over 50k miles on the ODO now) and I think 5 track days and two autocrosses. No problems since.