so last night i was rippin the car a little bit....nothin too crazy though....and at the very end i start smellin something and it was def the smell of a burnin clutch ...it was still apparent over an hour later and i felt the gears slippin a bit and then it just wouldnt catch any gears at all ....pulled over and ended up waiting for a FLATbED towtruck for about 5 hrs ...3:15-8:15am ......but neway, do you guys think the problem is that the clutch is just burnt or what...im still a noob to manual cars so i dono much onthe subject........the clutch was just replaced on the car before i bought it a couple months ago too so i dono how it just went so fast.....

 

It probably overheated, but that kinda depends on the material. DO you know the specs of the clutch? Was it just another OEM replacement type thing or is it a performance clutch?

 

Well, if your a noob to the 5-speed, odds are you just burnt your clutch.

Over heating would stall your car out, not cause your gears to slip.

 

I meant overheating the CLUTCH, not the engine

 

engine temp etc was fine......gears just started feelin like they werent totally catchin and then its seemed okay again but then all of a sudden, it wouldnt grab anything....

i put it into gear and release clutch and it doesnt stall or anything...i could also throw it into gear without using the clutch....


so um how much am i lookin at for this repair cost ?

 

well if you only overheated the clutch it would have cooled down in 5 hours for sure....

my $.02.....before you go and ruin your car, if you havent already, learn how to drive a 5-speed correctly!

 

well i bought the car mostly as a car to learn on..for a g...put about 5 into it to freshen it up etc ...didnt wanna jump into the swap yet so i could still learn so i guess its a good thing i didnt jump into it.......but now i dono if i shud just do the swap now since i need a new clutch neway.....moneys tight tho and i dont NEED the lude on the road since i have my other car..

 

if they replaced the clutch right before you bought it and you didn't know how to drive i think you burned it out...

clutches have a break-in period when they're new so you should go easy on them at first...

 

how long is this break in period around?

 

see below.

 

200 miles before I'd recommend fast driving/shifting.

500 miles before I'd recommend launching/spinning/peeling.

 

Wow you shouldnt be doing that if you dont know how to drive properly!!! Even then only the most skilled drivers can do it without serious harm to the transmission.

Your looking at >$500 at a shop

DIY'ing it can cost ~$150 for an OEM Exedy plus the cost of resurfacing the flywheel (If I were you, I wouldnt do it)

 

You sure the clutch was changed before you bought it? I can't imagine you going through a brand new clutch that fast. I have a friend who doesn't drive a manual tranny very well and his clutch has held up fine for 5+ years.

Do you rest your foot on the clutch pedal while driving on the highway, etc?

How many miles on the car?

 

x2 u got a recept dont go on the sellers word
ur clutch might just be worn out, in the next couple days if it wont budge completly or startes slowing down and will only move at 6k rpm then ur clutch is out

 

There is a big diffrence between someone who doesnt drive clutch very well, and someone who just learned how to drive a clutch.

Ive seen it happen before, less than 2 weeks of hotroding the car around, and boom, clutch is dead.