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by **KIPH8N** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:29 am

How does a clutch wear out?
Does shifting down fade the clutch or shifting up on high revs? Or when the car lose's traction?

Website · by **Bling** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:31 am

by **KIPH8N** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:56 am

BZG|Bling wrote:

lyk wn it starts slipping..how does it happen??

by **h8wrxs** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:10 am

KIPH8N wrote:lyk wn it starts slipping..how does it happen??

it slips lol

by **strx7** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:22 am

getting the car moving from stationary is what causes the most WEAR on a clutch plate. the actual shifting up and down of gears causes bugger all wear in comparison

by **rollaholic** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:52 am

wear occurs when you let the clutch slip - for example while taking off as strx7 mentioned, by holding the clutch say half engaged, its still transmitting some drive, but the clutch plate is still slipping too. this creates wear. so excessive riding of the clutch creates excess wear. basically any situation where the clutch plate is not rigidly held to the flywheel by the pressure plate is bad for it

Website · by **Bling** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:20 pm

Thread makes more sense now :lol:

I would add that letting the clutch out really slow, and / or having the clutch slightly in while driving (lazy foot on the pedal) will accelerate the wear.

When you know what to listen for its quite disturbing how many people drive around riding the clutch

. Knew someone that would drive around with their foot resting on the clutch the whole time, not too far down, but enough to let it slip a bit. Needless to say the clutch didn't last half as long as it should and it took me a bit to convince them that their foot on the pedal is what did it. Expensive habit that was!

red car · by pc » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:21 pm

Every time the clutch pedal is used the clutch is being worn, same as using the brake pedal.
If the clutch is slipped lots, or at high revs, it wears faster.

by **MAC_HATER** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 12:55 pm

also doing shit like this ruins the clutch as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ZmcCz2Jqw

yeah bro, that smoke is totally coming off yer tires - give it more revs!

id also say that sitting at the lights riding the clutch to hold your spot instead of using the brakes wont help either

- but people do that all the time D:

by **rollaholic** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:59 pm

meh, clutches are cheap

by **KIPH8N** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:20 pm

What about when you shift down and your rev goes up? Or shifting up at high revs? Does this make the clutch wear out faster?

by **h8wrxs** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:23 pm

shouldnt do if you shift properly

by **Adamal** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:37 pm

If you match the revs, it should be all good.

You're only really going to bugger a clutch if you do silly things with it. Flat shifting, clutch kicking, not matching revs, failing at mad skidz au etc etc

by **KIPH8N** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:48 pm

Adamal wrote:If you match the revs, it should be all good.

You're only really going to bugger a clutch if you do silly things with it. Flat shifting, clutch kicking, not matching revs, failing at mad skidz au etc etc

even loosing traction on a rainy day?

Website · by **Bling** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 12:06 am

Sure.

by **Adoom** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:39 am

KIPH8N wrote:
Adamal wrote:If you match the revs, it should be all good.

You're only really going to bugger a clutch if you do silly things with it. Flat shifting, clutch kicking, not matching revs, failing at mad skidz au etc etc

even loosing traction on a rainy day?

When you lose traction on wet roads, its your tires that are slipping..... the clutch is still engaged, and not currently being worn.
If you have REALLY sticky tires on a dry road and a real torquey engine, the clutch can slip when you try do a burn out. But the clutch would have to be almost completely worn, covered in oil or just not strong enough.
If you didn't know, the clutch plate is held 'engaged' against the flywheel by a ring of long flat springs. If these springs are too soft for your application, the torque of the motor and the grip of the tires can overcome the pressure of the springs so the clutch plate will move when it shouldn't.

by **themaleman** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:51 pm

when taking off the more revs u use when engaging the clutch the more wear on it 2

by **allencr** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:09 am

KIPH8N wrote:How does a clutch wear out?

Slowly with use, faster with abuse.
They also break, get oiled up, over heated, and can have bearing & linkage failure. :idea:

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by **loudstealthGT-Four** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:19 am

KIPH8N wrote:How does a clutch wear out?
Does shifting down fade the clutch or shifting up on high revs? Or when the car lose's traction?

Im going to ask a dumb question,

Do you know what a clutch and its components look like and how it physically works?

Because i had no idea until the clutch in my GT-Four needed replaced :lol:

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