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YOUR RESEARCHThird clutch at 56.000 miles in a 996 C4S normal?
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pressure plate
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My original one went at around 45k, but it was the pressure plate that broke.
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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
My friend has a 996 C4S at 56.000 miles (90.000km) and just installed its third clutch.
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It was fine on the street but I replaced the flywheel and clutch anyways.
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The disc still looked brand new so I think the problem was just the flywheel surface.
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Suggestion · Original poster
I was researching running costs for a 997 and asked my friend who drives a 996 how often he'd changed brakes and tyres, what kind of replacements he'd done in the past.
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I was researching running costs for a 997 and asked my friend who drives a 996 how often he'd changed brakes and tyres, what kind of replacements he'd done in the past.
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When I was mildly astonished by the third clutch at his mileage, he said that the fact I was calculate running costs indicate I couldn't accord a P-car.
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Hi all
My friend has a 996 C4S at 56.000 miles (90.000km) and just installed its third clutch. Is this normal or rather due to his driving style?
Nicola
A well taught stick shift driver should get 100000 from a clutch. A track/race driver considerably less. Your friend must have his foot resting on the clutch pedal as he drives. Your friend is a crap stick shift driver to say the least.
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Reminds of driving with a kid I used to work with. He would have his Subaru Legacy wagon in 4th gear by 25 MPH, and he had these lightning quick shifts that jerked the whole car. It was unbearable, and now I'm imagining some guy in a C4s doing the same thing lol
I learned to drive manual on my boxster and at 50k when I changed the ims my mechanic said the clutch still had much more life on it. He must be racing every car at each stop light.
Not normal. Original clutch went 96,000 km. Didn't fail due to wear, the pressure plate springs let go at the track at 200 kph.
Yeah, your friend needs a bit of instruction on how to drive a manual.
Hey guys
Thanks for all your replies! It's what I expected. I was researching running costs for a 997 and asked my friend who drives a 996 how often he'd changed brakes and tyres, what kind of replacements he'd done in the past. When I was mildly astonished by the third clutch at his mileage, he said that the fact I was calculate running costs indicate I couldn't accord a P-car.
Nicola
My original one went at around 45k, but it was the pressure plate that broke. I didn't resurface the flywheel and the clutch started slipping at autocross launches at 75k. It was fine on the street but I replaced the flywheel and clutch anyways. The disc still looked brand new so I think the problem was just the flywheel surface.
So, even with really aggressive driving, you should be getting at least 30k miles per clutch. Maybe it's the flywheel?
Does he live in San Francisco? We go through clutches here like crazy. Nothing like starting from a stop on a 30% grade - over and over again until you reach an intersection above you.
Based on our trip to SF in 2011 with a 20ft motor home I can totally relate - but my friend is neither living in SF nor driving on any extreme terrain.
I remember he proposed to switch cars for a while on a tour accross some alpine passes, I declined and rightly so in hindsight.
I still had my E85 Z4 3.0 Roadster at that time, which I later sold at 90'000 miles - its first clutch still going strong...
Nicola
