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YOUR RESEARCHIs my clutch starting to go?
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I bring the car in today for them to look for a "clunk" coming from the front end so I just ask them to check over the clutch while it is in.
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Of course it's not adviseable to perform this test too often if you want your clutch to last a long time.
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My test for a worn clutch is a lot more brutal than yours, but it works.
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My clutch on my 2000 C2 feels like it isn't engaging until it is about 1/3 -1/2 the way off the floor. It isn't slipping at all, and it isn't hard to depress the pedal, but it has been this way (maybe even slightly getting worse) over the last year. The thing that is surprising is that 2 yrs ago with 12,000 miles on the car I had the engine replaced. The mechanic said the clutch looked "brand new". Now 2yrs later and only 6,500 miles more and I'm afraid I need a new clutch. I don't even come close to abusing the clutch. I launch at 900-1000 rps, I don't drag race, etc. Is it possible the clutch fluid is low or may need to be changed? Can you adjust the engagement point? How can you tell if you need a new clutch without opening the whole thing up? Thanks for any info.
My clutch releases about the same as yours and has felt that way for the 5k miles that I have put on it since buying the car last year. I wouldn't worry about - just drive it until it starts slipping and then relace it.
My test for a worn clutch is a lot more brutal than yours, but it works. Launch the car at 5K RPM and if there's no clutch slippage, you have a good clutch. Of course it's not adviseable to perform this test too often if you want your clutch to last a long time.
Thanks for the feedback. I guess I will just wait till it starts to slip and then replace. I'm doing 2 days of DE in May at Las Vegas, I just hope it doesn't go out then. With my luck it will on the first lap of the first day. Maybe I should bring a spare clutch with me. ha ha. Thanks again.
paul, that is a lot of miles on one clutch! I find it hard to believe mine is already bad at 18,000 miles. It's going into the dealer Wed for something else so I will talk to them soon.
Does anyone feel the heigth of pedal engagement is related to clutch wear on a hydraulic clutch? This was true on old mechanical linkages, but I have been told it's not valid on current units. There are 2 ways I have experienced clutch failure. One is from a standing start, where you get slip before grab- i.e. the engine revs to 2000 rpm before the car is up to the correlating speed. That was due to friction plate wear. The other is slip on accleleration in gear- meaning acclerate in 4th or 5th from low rpm's and as the car reaches it's torque peak, rpm's rise but speed doesn't. In my case, that was pressure plate failure. Ultimately, the latter leads to the former, and both wreck the flywheel. I'd delay clutch service til failure, and asses that by the high gear acceleration test. AS
My (normal) clutch petal moves over a 6 inch span. It engages at 50% or 3 inches off the floor. I just measured it. Sounds like your clutch is quite normal. There is no adjustment anywhere in the hydraulics or linkages. Pushing the clutch petal moves a certain volume of fluid from the clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinderand moves the pressure plate off the clutch disk - assuming no air. Bleeding the clutch is done with a pressure source (1.5 bar) on the reservoir and the clutch petal is fully depressed carefully by hand. The bleeder is opened for at least 30 seconds. Wear would move the engagement point up near the top. Air or bent linkage arm would move the engagement point lower. Your clutch seems quite normal to me. 1/3 to 1/2 off the floor seems quite normal.
Maybe it is normal. I've had the car for 5 yrs and i guess it is possible I just haven't really paid much attention to it before. I have put the car in 4th at low rpms and hit the gas. No slipping at all. It is probably fine. I bring the car in today for them to look for a "clunk" coming from the front end so I just ask them to check over the clutch while it is in. Thanks for all the response.
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