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how can you tell if your clutch is going bad before you lose the ability to drive

Old Jan 26, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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how can you tell if your clutch is going bad before you lose the ability to drive

i know that when your rpms go up but your speed doesnt its gone, but before that, i have a suspicion my clutch is going but im not sure, how else can i tell?
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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Try dropping it quickly from a standing start. If it chirps the tires and bogs...its still grapping pretty good.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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Chattering, slipping at high rpms and there's always the awful burnt clutch smell.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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A simple test that has worked for me is to drive the car at about 30 mph, push in the clutch pedal, put the trans in 4th gear, rev the engine to about 4,000 rpm and dump the clutch. If the clutch is good the rpm will drop rapidly (almost bog) . If the cluch is starting to slip the rpm will gradually drop and you should smell the clutch. Don't do this more than once or twice.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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if its slipping, proabably clutch, if its not going into gear when you press the clutch, its the Clutch Master/Slave cylinder...
newer clutch I presume? or did you not replace it when you swaped engines?
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Inspection covers.

Now available with 20% more inspection!!
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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I really dont see how you could really see into one of those, besides, isnt S4 inspection plates on the top?
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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You can't see into them...................you take them off.

There's 3............... 2 of which are under the car.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by raptor22
Try dropping it quickly from a standing start. If it chirps the tires and bogs...its still grapping pretty good.
Oh... so that's why my tires chirp in my current 7 but didn't in my old one .
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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like already said, see how it takes off when you dump the clutch. also sometimes you can tell by where the clutch engages on the pedal. mine right now is worn out and just before it started slipping, i could be at full throttle and just touch my foot to the pedal and it would slip
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by classicauto
You can't see into them...................you take them off.

There's 3............... 2 of which are under the car.
+1 they help checking in many different ways.
plus if you think you need a new clutch then its probly safe idea to change it
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