Your slave is not the most recent. I have a pic somewhere of the latest clutch that just came out earlier this year. Will try and post it later.

Here is the pic,sorry its so crappy. The one on the right is the new style, its a little more rounded on the front face.

 

I'd definetly change the slave while you have it apart...it was the entire reason I had to pull mine apart at all. I had the 'newest' as of about 2 years ago and it failed that fast

 

Fred Beans has them new for $97+shipping

 

no offense taken ... that's not the way i meant it .. ..

i just mean that I've never had to do a clutch replacement before .. I even I asked the dealership when i should change my fluid .. lol

I'm used to dealing w/ autos .. so the bits and pieces of the manual are all still a bit new to me.

 

Yeah the high hp ones are a pain to drive until you get used to them...

 

nice. def. think about the ebay route .. seems to be a good one.

That way i'd be paying ~ 1000 for the entire job.

question is .. is it worth not having somebody to back you if the clutch fails .. the installer i spoke with was saying how they're not responsible for part failure .. i'd hate to have to go through all that and then get a faulty clutch w/ no warrranty .. dont think i could afford that kind of mistake.

food for thought that much is true. thanks.

 

well if mine is working fine now I dont see the need to replace it. $0.02

 

if the installer you spoke to is offering some sort of warranty if you use the one he suggests then i'd probably go with what he says...

 

cause it'll be another $500 in labor to replace it later if it goes out...

i don't like replacing things that aren't broke, but paying another $500 or whatever for labor to install a $100 slave cylinder later on sucks.

anyways, whats wrong with the clutch now anyways?? just worn out or what?

 

yep worn out .. it was fine until i burnt it one day, thing smelled for two days afterwards (spun the sh&t outta the tires while racing .. like waayy longer than i should have) .. that was maybe 8k ago and i can definitely feel the life i took out of my clutch.

1st gear has become harder and harder to get smooth .. the transition to second isnt much better

what really did it though was when i was coming home from virginia last sunday and a few times i went to drop it to 3rd and run to 4th or just drop to 4th and 4th a) isn't a solid feeling as it used to and b) started to bog (what i would call bog others i guess call it slip, taking longer for the rpms to get up) ..

i could probably continue driving it and doing everything as i normally do but i'm not sure how much longer i can do that .. i'd figure tops 10k and she absolutely needs to go .. which is a bit more than i figured 6k ago .. i'd figured before that at 60k she'd need to go .. i figured it's going to be more like 65-70 (at the latest) I'll do it before then though.

i'm sitting at 56500, i'll be at 60 probably mid september .. so i got about 4-6 weeks to scrape some $$ together.


also, everybody talks about how their pedal sticks to the floor .. mine used to do that after hard shifts but doesnt anymore (i run mine to 5500 on a constant bases) .. any idea why that would be? did i wear something out so it doesnt do it anymore? (this is the type of stuff i was talking about early, how i'm new to it)

 

this is the exact OPPOSITE of what would happen if the clutch were slipping....the rpm's would fly up if it were slipping but you wouldn't go anywhere. not trying to say you do or don't need a clutch, but 60K of pretty normal driving for a high performance car at stock power levels I wouldnt imagine would destroy the clutch. Oh well...take it to the corvette shop and let them take a look at it...they have to be better than the dealership

edit: also worth noting, when mine was difficult to get into 1st and 2nd, it was the slave cylinder, not the clutch, that was failing.

 

noted. thanks.

 

Give this guy a call. Skip's Auto Repair, Sarasota, 955-4306. He quoted me $1k for a Z06 clutch, master, slave about a month ago. I've got 80k+ and started shopping. If you go there check out his 700hp '04.

 

Well the Autozone clutch kit (Luk with flywheel) is $412 and comes with a lifetime warrenty. I think they will cover or at least help with the cost of labor if it goes bad in the first 90dyas. Mind you that does not cover racing or anything. But when you wear it out it will have a warrenty as long as you own it. I have used many of their kits after I found out they were luk and have never had a problem.

 

thanks. will do.

 

Am I missing something, why isn't it free if the car is an 03?

 

56k on the clock.

if i could prove it was my slave i could probably get it covered under my extended warranty but how would i prove that? ..

 

symptoms including hard to get into gear have nothing to do with the clutch being worn out. the clutch not DIS-ENGAGING (or the synchro's being messed up, but this will not affect getting it into 1st from a stop) are symptoms of the slave cylinder not doing its job and disengaging the clutch. If the clutch were simply worn, it would disengage more easily but not 'grab' like its suppose to. You would hit the gas, RPMs would rise but your speed would not.

The dealer likely saw that you thought it was something not covered under warranty and sure as hell didn't think to tell you otherwise. Just my opinion though since I haven't drove or checked out the car..

 

well it started acting after that one night and I figured it would have been the clutch ... like i think i said ... it just feels like it's bogged out.

and my local dealership is pretty good about telling me about things cuz he forgets I have a warranty it's an aftermarket through the dealership but it's a top notch one

some of those symptoms are what i'm experiencing or have experienced .. perhaps i should have a conversation with my local dealership.

most likely i'd get out of them .. it's your clutch disc. lol

now if it were the slave .. hey, while you're replacing that .. he's xxx.xx replace my clutch too.

i'll have to double check but i think i can take my car to any place that is ASE certified. hrmm .. food for thought.

 

Yea its hard for me to tell without driving it...talk to them and the corvette shop and you should be able to get a good feeling of the problem between the two