I was just wanting some tips on breaking in a clutch. I just bought a Exedy stage 1 performance clutch and I have herd many different things. Don't go passed 2 grand when shifting, drive for 1000 miles before you get on it.


This true? and if there is anything els to add, please do


-MaxSpeedSE

 

Ive heard 500 easy miles in the city driving will do it.

 

At what RPM's should the swifts be made and how about highway driving?

Andrei

 

Nothing above 3000rpm, and highway driving can be done, but technically it doesnt count against your breakin miles cause they really want you to count your city miles because of shifting, hwy you probably will never shift.

Dixit

 

1. Start car
2. Clutch pedal in
3. Car in 1st gear
4. Press gas pedal to the floor
5. Release clutch pedal.

There, clutch is now broken in. Have fun.

 

you don't really "need" to do anything in particular. expect it to slip for about a thousand miles. some people do not experience such slipping, but i did when i replaced my flywheel and clutch combo.

do what davebond007 says (see above).

 

Is this a joke ?

 

think he ment "There, clutch is now broken. Have fun."

 

Just go easy on it for a few hundred miles. No clutch dumps or hard launches. You may want to keep it below 4k rpm's or so. That is what I did to break my new clutch in. Then at about 600 miles I went to the track and had no problems.

 

Slipping the clutch is the most important thing. Doesn't matter how often you shift. What really breaks the clutch in is slipping into first from a dead stop. Try to do as much stop and go driving as possible.

 

what do u mean by slipping? going with no gas or riding the clutch?

 

Slipping is when the clutch disc cannot grab onto the flywheel surface, therefore causing the transmission to not be matched up with the speed of the motor in the car. It usually happens on hard shifts, or, say you are going up hill and are at your torque peak (4k rpms or so in my car), then you floor it. The car either starts to lose traction, or the clutch slips.

 

What I meant was partial clutch engagement...What you have to do to get started in 1st gear...

 

with clutches and flywheels, especially if both are replaced at the same time, the new virginal surfaces must "mate up," ie, they must get to know each other and break themselves in. eventually the parts, the clutch surface and the flywheel surface, wear enough to dovetail up to a sweet spot and they mesh well and grab more effectively. some people claim to never experience this rough period; others know it all too well.

cold weather will make the clutch slip, too, as the surfaces are too hard and cold to tightly and snugly mate up.

you probably know all of this, but what the heck.

 

Go easy for at least 500 miles and keeping it under 3000 rpm and most importantly, do not dump the clutch! This was told by Clutchmaster people.

 

What about downshifting and all that, that's not recomended right?

Andrei

 

rev match it

 

rev to 6k and let go of the clutch





j/k incase you were going to try that.

 

id do 500 miles of driving miss daisy.