thorne Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 :bangbang::bangbang::bangbang::bangbang: WOW, When brandon pushed me to get the south bend stage 3 I was like who the hell is southbend. He told me they were Exedy disks and south bend was a kick ass company. I reluctantly agreed I mean hell IPS had yet to steer me wrong. Fast forward a few months and the clutch was having a few issues. Well after linn was teaching me how to launch it got really bad. Then out of no where I'm driving down the street shift from 3rd to 4th and the clutch pedal goes to the floor. I'm like fuck me. So I call brandon and mike talks with me and tells me he can arrange to get the car picked up for me. So they get the car and we go over it when I was up there tuning another car. I was pretty sure it was the clutch but they thought it could be the slave cycl. So after a bit of tinkering we all are 99% sure its the clutch so I tell them rip into it. Once in side they find that the clutch had been ripped apart. Litterally I'm going to post pics of it later. They send the clutch back to southbend and talk with them. Southbend offered to send me a new clutch that was beefed up with a steel backing to prevent future issues. A new flywheel since the clutch ate mine up and get this shit. THEY PAID FOR MY LABOR!!!!!!!!!!. Ips handled all fo this for me with the level of service I've become acostum to. Thanks guys!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 word to your mother Now you have rain transportation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSXRAntwon Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 word to your mother Now you have rain transportation. :funny: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 It's not funny I rode the bike in the rain a few times. I sure am goin g to miss 40+mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Accustomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Accustomed. Dude that's a big fucking rifle. You shot your bleeding hearts with it didn't you?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc5.0 Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 good now we can get that race in for 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig600 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just FWIW, I run South Bend Clutch products in all my Cummins powered trucks...They are a GREAT company that will stand behind whatever they sell. I will never deal with anyone else after the way South Bend has treated me! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcz06 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 good to know if my spec clutch goes to shit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbotrio Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 good to know if my spec clutch goes to shit... 99.9% of the time Spec will tell you "Sorry about your luck" so I would never plan on getting that lucky. I have purchased well over 100 South Bend clutches now and Thorne's was the first to have a problem. Since it was installed here Andy over at SB took care of us but that is HIGHLY unusual for a clutch company to not only cover the part but also the labor. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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