Well after many clutch bleeds in the past, and some occasional dragging my clutch finally gave out…. kinda
After about 2hrs of stop and go traffic I felt it start to engage farther down the clutch pedal stroke…. And farther and farther… before I knew it the clutch was barely disengaging when the pedal was all the way down to the floor!.....and then it decided not to disengage at all….. stuck in 1st gear I managed to drive her 10 more miles in stop and go diving into the shoulder every time traffic stopped… and jumping across exit ramps up until my exit where I was forced to turn the key off when I ran out of tarmac…. Clutch pedal stuck permanently to the floor.
It didn’t smell like I burned the clutch up, or even like it was hot… but my fluid was brown and had floaters. Keep in mind, I flush my flailing slave cylinder about every 3 months and have for a year or so. I had to get her towed home as the car was too hot to bleed on the side of 355 and it was more than slightly dangerous laying next to my car pretty much in the off ramp…
Got her home let her cool down… and I could disengage the clutch!!! YAY… bled it once again… and she springs back into life! YAY. If you take nothing out of this long winded thread... remember this.... when in doubt bleed your clutch. But it is slipping a little bit (only a bit) and I’m thinking it’s about time to just redo the whole thing. (only 51k miles)
There are many threads about replacement clutches. I’m not going to keep the stock setup.. as long as I’m getting all new parts I’m skipping the UUC flywheel… and going right to the preferred LS7 setup. Luke has sent me a price for the parts (thanks Luke!) Luke’s LS7 parts were ~1000.00 cheaper than the local stealerships OEM replacements for the flywheel, clutch/disk, slave. DANG! (6.0L LS2 )
As long as I’m going the LS7 route I figured I’d get an even lighter flywheel for slightly more cost… the fidanza 198171!... Now when it comes to the LS7 clutch and slave I have read many threads about different clutches..
Luke has some pretty good pricing on the LS7 slave cylinder and the clutch plate/disc.. would anyone out there suggest something else/better before I pull the trigger? SPEC? EXEDY? ETC?
After about 2hrs of stop and go traffic I felt it start to engage farther down the clutch pedal stroke…. And farther and farther… before I knew it the clutch was barely disengaging when the pedal was all the way down to the floor!.....and then it decided not to disengage at all….. stuck in 1st gear I managed to drive her 10 more miles in stop and go diving into the shoulder every time traffic stopped… and jumping across exit ramps up until my exit where I was forced to turn the key off when I ran out of tarmac…. Clutch pedal stuck permanently to the floor.
It didn’t smell like I burned the clutch up, or even like it was hot… but my fluid was brown and had floaters. Keep in mind, I flush my flailing slave cylinder about every 3 months and have for a year or so. I had to get her towed home as the car was too hot to bleed on the side of 355 and it was more than slightly dangerous laying next to my car pretty much in the off ramp…
Got her home let her cool down… and I could disengage the clutch!!! YAY… bled it once again… and she springs back into life! YAY. If you take nothing out of this long winded thread... remember this.... when in doubt bleed your clutch. But it is slipping a little bit (only a bit) and I’m thinking it’s about time to just redo the whole thing. (only 51k miles)
There are many threads about replacement clutches. I’m not going to keep the stock setup.. as long as I’m getting all new parts I’m skipping the UUC flywheel… and going right to the preferred LS7 setup. Luke has sent me a price for the parts (thanks Luke!) Luke’s LS7 parts were ~1000.00 cheaper than the local stealerships OEM replacements for the flywheel, clutch/disk, slave. DANG! (6.0L LS2 )
As long as I’m going the LS7 route I figured I’d get an even lighter flywheel for slightly more cost… the fidanza 198171!... Now when it comes to the LS7 clutch and slave I have read many threads about different clutches..
Luke has some pretty good pricing on the LS7 slave cylinder and the clutch plate/disc.. would anyone out there suggest something else/better before I pull the trigger? SPEC? EXEDY? ETC?