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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
It seems a bit ambigeous to me to suggest 500 or whatever miles of city i.e, stop and go driving is required to break in a new clutch. The opportunity for variables to, well, VARY is obvious!
Is there not a particular procedure we can use - especially on the OEM Veleo - where we can be sure the clutch will be properly broken in? P. |
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Houston, TX
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
Well they all say 500 miles of preferably stop and go city driving. Even the spec stage 3+ instructions say 500 miles city light to light driving for break in before dumping the clutch at high RPM's. I'm no kidding it actually says "Before dumping the clutch at high RPM's" you must break in for 500 miles. So I would just do what they say.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
empty parking lot and lots of parallel parking
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bartlett, IL
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
your car back together again?
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
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Location: Bartlett, IL
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
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Cool Deal.. I knew it was on the mend, not sure how far along it was though
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
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  Good deal Paul!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: O'Fallon, Mo
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Re: Clutch break-in (besides driving in traffic)
I take my car up to 55, keep my foot on the gas and push in on the clutch till I feel it start to slip, let back out, and do it again and consider it broken in.
You do as you want, but the only clutch failure I have had was breaking straps on a cf/cf clutch. I consisitently pull 1.6 60 foot times in both my mustang, and supra, so I don't think I have hurt them any. Its kinda like them telling you how to break in your motor, so your ss rings will "seat" |
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