After a mere 50,000 miles, the clutch in my 1988 Toyota Supra failed. Turns out, one of the
friction rings separated from the driven plate because all 8 rivets failed. I will blame Aisin
for replacing a good product with a cheaper one. The clutch the car came with lasted almost
200,000 miles. Obviously, I used a better clutch this time around, as this is not a project I
want to repeat any time soon. This took about 4 days of work and over $1200 in parts. While the
transmission was out, I paid to get it rebuilt with new bearings and synchros. The output bearing
was making lots of noise, and it had about 200,000 miles on it, so it was time for a rebuild.
I also bought a new fancy radiator, as the old Toyota OEM one was disintegrating.
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