Why you should change your clutch...
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Why you should change your clutch...
I bought my car used with 104,000 miles. I knew the clutch was last replaced two years ago, but I assumed it still had a bit of life. The previous owner ripped it while demoing.
The other day I was cruising on the highway, got off, and couldn't get into gear. I wasn't really doing anything special, nothing out of the ordinary, but I couldn't shift.
From the noises it was making we guessed it was just the throwout bearing. We were wrong...
Summary: a pair of springs ripped out of the disc. The larger, outside spring got broken up into a bunch of pieces. The smaller, inside spring got lodged in the pressure plate.
I noticed that the clutch pedal became a lot less stiff, but I assumed it was the bearing. Guess I was wrong.
$730 in parts and labor later, my car is good as new for a great price.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I had changed the clutch. There is very close to 0 friction material left.
e39m5
The other day I was cruising on the highway, got off, and couldn't get into gear. I wasn't really doing anything special, nothing out of the ordinary, but I couldn't shift.
From the noises it was making we guessed it was just the throwout bearing. We were wrong...
Summary: a pair of springs ripped out of the disc. The larger, outside spring got broken up into a bunch of pieces. The smaller, inside spring got lodged in the pressure plate.
I noticed that the clutch pedal became a lot less stiff, but I assumed it was the bearing. Guess I was wrong.
$730 in parts and labor later, my car is good as new for a great price.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I had changed the clutch. There is very close to 0 friction material left.
e39m5
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You're correct: if you had spent $730 on parts and labor (a great price, I might add) to change your clutch you wouldn't have had to spend $730 parts and labor to replace your clutch a bit later.
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Originally Posted by RedY2KS2k,May 9 2009, 06:24 PM
You're correct: if you had spent $730 on parts and labor (a great price, I might add) to change your clutch you wouldn't have had to spend $730 parts and labor to replace your clutch a bit later.
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