Clutch Slipping?
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Clutch Slipping?
I drive a Y2K 'vert.
I was showing off for the new GF, with mixed results. When I hammered the throttle in first, the car launched well, and chirped the tires when I hit second gear. This was with traction control on.
From a stop I turned off traction control and hammered the throttle in 1st. The car did not move, but the engine revved. I smelled clutch.
The car only has about 40k on the odometer. Did the previous owner destroy the clutch, or are Vette clutches just delicate?
Under normal driving, the car seems fine. Should I replace the clutch ASAP? Or can I adjust it or change the fluid?
Thanks,
ED
I was showing off for the new GF, with mixed results. When I hammered the throttle in first, the car launched well, and chirped the tires when I hit second gear. This was with traction control on.
From a stop I turned off traction control and hammered the throttle in 1st. The car did not move, but the engine revved. I smelled clutch.
The car only has about 40k on the odometer. Did the previous owner destroy the clutch, or are Vette clutches just delicate?
Under normal driving, the car seems fine. Should I replace the clutch ASAP? Or can I adjust it or change the fluid?
Thanks,
ED
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After mods in my sig, and new Kumho tires, clutch had some trouble holding. Then I screwed up one day and scorched the clutch. THat was when the notorious sticky clutch problem started.
So now I'm replacing with a Luk high perf. Mod still underway. Its a PITA.
While my car never sat still spinning the clutch, the pedal regularly hung up when undergoing any degree of "spirited driving".
So now I'm replacing with a Luk high perf. Mod still underway. Its a PITA.
While my car never sat still spinning the clutch, the pedal regularly hung up when undergoing any degree of "spirited driving".
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Put the car in a high gear where the engine is lugging around 1K RPM, maybe 40mph in 6th. Punch the gas. If the tach jumps your clutch is slipping.
55K on mine and holding strong. Mostly DD duty, but about 20 passes at the strip, 10 track days and 100 AutoX runs. I've smelled clutch once or twice after I got a bit aggressive with the launch, but the clutch doesn't slip at all. Not sure if it's technique or just luck, or maybe a bit of each.
55K on mine and holding strong. Mostly DD duty, but about 20 passes at the strip, 10 track days and 100 AutoX runs. I've smelled clutch once or twice after I got a bit aggressive with the launch, but the clutch doesn't slip at all. Not sure if it's technique or just luck, or maybe a bit of each.
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Under normal driving, the car seems fine. Should I replace the clutch ASAP? Or can I adjust it or change the fluid?
Thanks,
ED[/QUOTE]
1. You didn't state if you had the revs up and dropped the clutch.
2. With the clutch out and then hammered it.
If 1. is true, a new stock clutch will do the same thing. You can drive the car a long time as is as long as you realize you can't use this technique.
If 2. is true, which I doubt, time for a new clutch.
Mine does 1. I have 55,000 miles on the stock clutch because I use 2. and have no slippage. Actually, I use some revs and come off the clutch and then hammer it. Just so I don't slip the clutch. I have 315X30X18" Michelin PS2s on the back and I'm on the 4th set.
Cheers, Curt
Thanks,
ED[/QUOTE]
1. You didn't state if you had the revs up and dropped the clutch.
2. With the clutch out and then hammered it.
If 1. is true, a new stock clutch will do the same thing. You can drive the car a long time as is as long as you realize you can't use this technique.
If 2. is true, which I doubt, time for a new clutch.
Mine does 1. I have 55,000 miles on the stock clutch because I use 2. and have no slippage. Actually, I use some revs and come off the clutch and then hammer it. Just so I don't slip the clutch. I have 315X30X18" Michelin PS2s on the back and I'm on the 4th set.
Cheers, Curt
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My 98 did that at about 50K miles. I took off from a stop sign thinking I was cool trying to set the tires a blaze and the only thing burning was my clutch. I thought sure it need a new clutch, but I put it off. A couple thousand miles later I noticed it had gotten a lot better. Now, a year later, I just got it back from a trusted dealer mechanic who replaced the transmission. I asked him to look at the clutch while the car was there and he reported no abnormal wear and stated that it should last quite a bit longer. When I mentioned my earlier problem, he said that sometimes the auto adjusting mechanisim of the clutch doesn't work properly. He said usually if you pump the clutch to the floor several times in a row, it will adjust itself. It may not work in your case, but I have put about 10K miles on mine since I noticed the slipping problem and it currently drives like new. I think part of my original "burnout" problem is that I don't know how to drive!haha
Good luck!
Good luck!