Clutch life, how many miles?
Clutch life, how many miles?
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Macey

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

209 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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My car is in having a new clutch, I seem to be getting one every 20,000 miles. Does anybody get through them as often?

NTEL

5,051 posts

256 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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38,000 miles on mine smile hope I've not spoken too soon paperbag

Chim450

1,452 posts

277 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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Coming on for 50,000 on mine. And no I don't drive like Miss Daisy!

Macey

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

209 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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'kin hell boys, are we talking about the same make and model of car here? I thought I've been quite gentle but had a new clutch at 40k, 60k and now it looks like one again at 80k.

tvrboy55

185 posts

186 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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too many track days! maybe or too much wheel spins or half clutch half gas.

Basil Brush

5,354 posts

279 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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I've averaged about 23k miles or so per clutch in mine but it spent a lot of miles as a daily driver, so a lot of stop start driving in traffic.

clive f

7,255 posts

249 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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14k in mine.

s6boy

1,726 posts

241 months

Tuesday 8th October 2013
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54k

NTEL

5,051 posts

256 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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Macey said:
'kin hell boys, are we talking about the same make and model of car here? I thought I've been quite gentle but had a new clutch at 40k, 60k and now it looks like one again at 80k.
Shortly after I took delivery of the car in 2005 from the factory I took the time to set the clutch pedal stop properly. smile Probably why the fingers are still on...


Macey

Original Poster:

1,326 posts

209 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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It was starting to get hard to go into gear smoothly so it may just need adjusting, if not then I will have it changed along with a new lightened flywheel.

m4tti

5,479 posts

171 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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See if you can find someone with the lightened flywheel to discuss it, some say it can make the car difficult to get off the line.

jcpgasoline

278 posts

230 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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NTEL said:
Macey said:
'kin hell boys, are we talking about the same make and model of car here? I thought I've been quite gentle but had a new clutch at 40k, 60k and now it looks like one again at 80k.
Shortly after I took delivery of the car in 2005 from the factory I took the time to set the clutch pedal stop properly. smile Probably why the fingers are still on...
Hi NTEL, any chance you could run through what you did to set the clutch pedal stop correctly, please?

im

34,302 posts

233 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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jcpgasoline said:
NTEL said:
Macey said:
'kin hell boys, are we talking about the same make and model of car here? I thought I've been quite gentle but had a new clutch at 40k, 60k and now it looks like one again at 80k.
Shortly after I took delivery of the car in 2005 from the factory I took the time to set the clutch pedal stop properly. smile Probably why the fingers are still on...
Hi NTEL, any chance you could run through what you did to set the clutch pedal stop correctly, please?
<popcorn>

clive f

7,255 posts

249 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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Macey said:
It was starting to get hard to go into gear smoothly so it may just need adjusting, if not then I will have it changed along with a new lightened flywheel.
have a lightened flywheel in the sag steve, revs up very nicely, and pulls away fine.

JamesSim

497 posts

276 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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Approx 27k
Bearing in mind about 20k of them could be classed as town driving, I thought that wasn't bad, just waiting on the account as it only came out of the doctors on Friday evening from getting the new one.

kind regards,

James

Walford

2,259 posts

182 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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of these failures how many were "big bang" both of my failures were hard acceleration 3rd to 4th shifting, loud bang and fingers gone into the clutch pack

Basil Brush

5,354 posts

279 months

Wednesday 9th October 2013
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NTEL said:
Shortly after I took delivery of the car in 2005 from the factory I took the time to set the clutch pedal stop properly. smile Probably why the fingers are still on...
My average is after doing that to all but the first clutch.

B3NNL

1,056 posts

184 months

Thursday 10th October 2013
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Well I achieved an admirable 13k on my last one, was breaking in a new co-driver on a track day so that may account for a good portion of the wear.

macky17

2,234 posts

205 months

Friday 11th October 2013
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Get a Race Prooved uprated one - much lighter in operation and will last forever.

Basil Brush

5,354 posts

279 months

Friday 11th October 2013
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macky17 said:
Get a Race Prooved uprated one - much lighter in operation and will last forever.
A few people's experience would suggest otherwise I think...