Recent content by PrestonJ

Yes, I did. I paired one with a 6918-07 RXT clutch and the clutch failed shortly after break-in. Quite a nightmare story that's documented here. Several different highly regarded people in the industry told me that the McLeod slave cylinder is junk and they all recommend the factory part.

This forum has been a great resource for me over the years. Happy to contribute. I've been cruising around town nice and easy to get started on my Vengeance clutch break in and it already feels really good. It's stiffer than the McLeods but still very drivable.

Well in the beginning they were basically saying that this was due to Ford installing it incorrectly or air in my hydraulic system. They did offer to investigate but I was on the hook for the labor cost to remove it, the shipping costs and not to mention the turnaround time which was something...

Picked up the car today. Feels like it's been forever! Vengeance clutch feels really good. The guys at Pro Dyno confirmed that the McLeod was factory defective. According to them the middle plate was warped and still had machining marks on it where the pads weren't making contact at all...

Pro Dyno just took a look at the car and said the installed clutch (not even 1 year old) is in bad shape... needs a rebuild or a replacement. I babied the clutch for the first 600 miles with TCS off per McLeods instructions so it seems like I just was unlucky and got a defective clutch...

Thanks for the reply BJ. Maybe going back to the OEM slave will solve this issue. A friend of mine is heading to SC for Christmas and offered to tow my car down to the guys at Pro Dyno so that's the plan as of right now.

This is a good point, I have actually met the Pro Dyno guys a few years ago when I had the car dyno tested by them at a local car show. I have relied on my local dealership mostly just out of convenience and they have been good in the past.

This definitely sounds like a possibility. I contacted McLeod directly and they first suggested bleeding the clutch which we've already tried. They said to drive it for a while and see if it gets better, and if not it could be that the clearance between the clutch disks wasn't set properly...

Ok so I'm bringing this post back from the dead because my clutch saga STILL isn't over. The issue I initially posted about here ended up being a combination of a bad master cylinder and clutch cable. With those parts replaced the clutch started performing normally for a short time. So to...

That's sort of what I was thinking. I have heard from others as well that that OEM Slave is a good option. If the slave does end up being the problem I guess I'll have them install the OEM one.

Let me preface this with the fact that I am not a mechanic... So back around April I had a Mcleod Racing 6918-07 RXT installed. I also had the McLeod Racing 1200 Series Hydraulic Slave Cylinder installed as well as a Ford Performance replacement pilot bearing (Thanks to BJ McCarty for giving...

Thanks for all of the replies guys - I spoke with the tech directly that worked on my car and he said it is absolutely the clutch slipping. He confirmed that there were no engine misfires and also that the hydraulics of the clutch are good. His guess is that there is some internal failure in...

Yeah it may just be wishful thinking. The thing is last time when I had the bad ignition coil it didn't throw any codes either. I'll just be really surprised and disappointed if the clutch has gone bad so quickly.

Forgive me as I'm no mechanical expert... So I had a McLeod RXT clutch and flywheel installed in my car in 2014 and it has been great for about 20k miles. Now I am noticing something that feels like clutch slippage that only occurs under heavy acceleration. I took it to a local Ford dealer...

Trust me I never suggested I would try to stripe the car myself haha - the only thing I was considering attempting myself was removing the current stripes. Also I bought the car in 2013 and most of the damage was already done by then. I do take a lot better care of it than the previous owner...