This fell out of the pressure plate and clutch disc when I took them off today.

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I was drag racing and doing J turns for about an hour...when I turned off the car and then tried to start it My 93 Civic EX wouldn't start. All I heard was a grinding. I assume the starter and flywheel. I haven't driven the car in the two days since it started grinding. It did finally engage and start eventually several times.

When I removed the starter that evening and tested it there were no problems. There are some marks and scoring around the flywheel and starter as though something had been stuck and scraping.

Today I was replacing my clutch when I found this piece of metal. Can anyone tell me what it is from? It's clearly sheared off of something on the long end. And there is no obvious place to me where it came from...

Any help or thoughts would be much appreciated.

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Aha!!! Figured it out...the part was a spring retainer on the clutch disc. There are one per spring hidden underneath the metal layer on the clutch disc. Here are some pictures.

Here I am pointing to the piece when it in place.
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Thought this might help someone later.
If your car grinds when you try to start it, and you have an original and/or very old/worn clutch, perhaps this piece of metal has broken free and become lodged between the starter and flywheel.

Thanks

 

I was at a loss on that one. glad you figured it out.

 

Yeah thanks man...it was a relief...

The cake is a lie!!! lol I love that game

 

ya that clutch looks like it took a beating