I had exactly this same thing happen to my replacement clutch, about 8,000 miles after it was installed. I wonder if these are all the same cheapo brand of replacement clutch and they all tend to fail this way. Best, Josh From: Chris Scarpulla > Did it look like this? > http://sr20.net/gallery/albums/Clutch/aaa.jpg > http://sr20.net/gallery/albums/Clutch/aab.jpg