Proper method to break in clutch
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Proper method to break in clutch
So i just got a new clutch installed ACT street. First time ever having the clutch replaced in my car. SO whats the best safe way to break in a clutch sorry guys newbie to this
#2
Well ... to start, rev to about 3,500k or so and then just let your foot fly off the clutch, hold on, give it gas and SMOKE em! lol
Really, I don't think you need to "break it in" at all. That'd be like breaking in a new light bulb.
Really, I don't think you need to "break it in" at all. That'd be like breaking in a new light bulb.
#6
Easy street driving. Avoid freeways or extended runs at the same RPM, freeway milage does not count (unless it's stop and go). Avoid WOT runs, and take it easy for 500 miles. Then feel free to romp on it.
#10
That's how I've always heard it and done it.
#11
I'd also consider WOT to be aggressive driving, and most clutch manufactures recommend light to moderate acceleration until the clutch is broken in.
Just my $.02
#12
If you were to get on the freeway and drive 500 miles straight (assuming you had the fuel to do so) you would not have broken in the clutch anymore than when you started. It's the shifting that breaks in the clutch, the engagement of the clutch disc to the pressure plate and flywheel.
I'd also consider WOT to be aggressive driving, and most clutch manufactures recommend light to moderate acceleration until the clutch is broken in.
Just my $.02
I'd also consider WOT to be aggressive driving, and most clutch manufactures recommend light to moderate acceleration until the clutch is broken in.
Just my $.02
#13
Just drive the car for a few hundred miles without any hard use of the clutch. It doesn't matter how hard you drive the car as long as you make clean shifts and don't launch it.
Dave
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