CG clutch

[Jonny81191]

Was the release bearing or pressure plate anything to do with CG? All the ones Ive bought have come with a stock sachs / valeo units...

Its a paddle clutch, I think people tend to forget WHAT a paddle clutch is...its a serious clutch, its NOT designed for daily driving, daily driving / traffic clutch slip WILL ruin any paddle clutch, there designed for hard driving / track, why do you think paddle clutchs are sold in general for "track use only"...Excessive slipping paddles will result in friction material on the flywheel / pressure plate on any clutch, not just CG, there not meant for this...

It was an uprated pressure plate, that's for sure. Anyone who drove it commented on how much heavier the pedal was. I understand what you're saying, however the way I drove it for most of the time it was fitted I might as well of been on track

I think what I would say after having run one is that next time I'll be going for at least a 5 paddle sprung centre, if not a dual friction setup. I'm sure I expected a bit much from a full race unit but as I say, I didn't exactly spend much time trying to be gentle with it!

I've no real issue with CG themselves but you have to admit there seems to be a lot more horror stories concerned with them against anyone else. Maybe that's because they're cheaper and more people buy them and so we hear a lot more failure stories due to their popularity. But the other side of that is examples where someone buys a CG and it's an OMP unit with CG scribbled on in crayon, yet other times it seems to be a custom made unit.. Doesn't inspire confidence when there seems to be such a variation of quality, manufacturers and what you get in the box in terms of pressure plate etc.. And in the case of Frosty's issue here it seems that there's a major issue with the fitment of the unit