Driving to work this morning I smelled the clutch pretty heavily for about 20-30 seconds, but didn't burn it before or ride it or anything like that. Is it possible that it may be already dying on me?
I've got 40k on the car and do about 10 autox events a year, no drag racing or anything like that.
How many miles should I expect to get from the oem clutch on the ITR?

 

was recirculation button pressed in at the time?, the one next to a/c... it could have been from outside the car..


if you don't have any signs such as clutch slipping, sticky pedal.. you should be fine.. i took mine out at 53K, it was still in good condition, but my spings were weak (sticky pedal) and it would grip all the time past 8500rpm.

 

I've got 40,0072 on mine. Its starting to get the sticky pedal feel. I'm goin to replace it soon.

 

my friend has over 80K on his oem, and he has done some drag racing and lots of street racing

 

i should also add, that i had sticky pedal from 15K miles.. very early milage.. just could take any longer... no i run unsprung streetdisk

 

I got 51K outa mine before it crapped on me

 

8100 miles and 2.5 bottles of Nitrous

 

67k on mine and still goin fairly strong.

 

Mine separated at 42k.

 

OEM clutches last me around 30-50k, before the clutch disc breaks a spring. The friction portion usually still has much life left. My engines are built to go to 9k+, and the OEM clutch does not like the high rpm so much. For the average driver, I would suggest replacement at about 90k, unless the disc lets go sooner.

 

Mine started acting up at around 40k. That was with a few trips down the drag strip and 3 HPDEs.

 

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Holy ****, 400,072 miles on your OEM clutch? DAYUM.

 

mine went out about 40k swapped it out under warranty at 47k, broken spring. didn't know anything was wrong until I drove a new rsx-s. Then I realized it was hard as **** to push my clutch in.

 

My stock clutch went around 30K when the disk broke. There was a lot of friction material left. After one dealership didn't think it should be covered under warranty (Serramonte ) it was replaced under warranty by another dealership (Mike Harvey ). Acura wasn't much help either, because all they suggested was going to another dealership for a "second opinion" and no one would speak directly with me at the time. So, I had to pay to tow the car, but ended up getting a replacement clutch.

Oh, and as for the sticky pedal syndrome, you guys might try having the end of the actuator on the slave cylinder lubed first before deciding to just replace the clutch. I've had this a couple of times, where the pedal seems to get "sticky" or drag. It also squeeked sometimes.

 

My stock clutch went at 49,750 and the dealership wouldn't cover it.
The clutch actually broke
http://www.typer.us/clutch/Clutch1.jpg
http://www.typer.us/clutch/Clutch2.jpg
http://www.typer.us/clutch/Clutch3.jpg

The reason they didn't replace it is because in their opinion it was abused.
Note the blue color that the clutch was burned.

I also took the clutch to another mechanic and just showed him the clutch and asked how a clutch might get killed like this. He said that if the clutch was dumped that's the only other way this would happen.

So I shelled out $1k for a clutch job.
I would've bought a better aftermarket clutch, but that would probably throw me out of STX in autocross.

Now after 25k miles, the clutch pedal is clicking again and its squeeking every time I press on it. What grease do I use and where?


Modified by arren123 at 11:22 AM 9/1/2003

 

Honda Urea grease on the clutch fork pivot ball will work wonders for a noisy clutch. Kind of tough to do without pulling the transmission though. It can be done, if you pull the slave cylinder and the rubber boot on the side of the transmission.

 

I had 46k on my OEM clutch when it began to slip, but of course mainly b/c i was convinced to go to the 1/4 by freinds and see what number i would put down. 7k dumps and slipps do not help at all.......

ACT Xt-SS now and a Fidanza Flywheel and not a problem or complaint to the day, been in the car for 15k now. 4th gear chirps out a apex always seem to impress!

 

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You are sooo full of it... LOL. Its all you trying to get us break our cars at the local Drags....

Mine only lasted me 38k.

 

right now I have 65,000 kms so about 40,000 miles waiting for it be gone.

so everyone who had their's gone. what are you guys running right now?

recommand me some good street/track. nothing like hardcore track stuff..

 

i got like 28k miles on mine then something happend and the dealer put another one on under warrenty and its 7k and still running

 

67,000 KM's on mine. No slipage yet but it has softened up a bit from like new feel.
It grabs pretty close to the top also, which I don't like.

 

Replaced mine at 53k. I had over 200 drag passes launching around 7,000rpms riding the clutch for almost all of them and several auto-x events along with some aggressive country road driving. It was still grabbing good, but I felt the time was getting near. I was starting to have the sticky pedal though now that you guys mention it.

 

I changed mine out at 35k or so.

 

I went through my first one at 48,000. And my second stock clutch at 100,000.

50,000 is average.

 

56,000 miles and many track events.... (a few 1/4 mile passes).

the release bearing was replaced at ~42,000 miles (some clutch disc spring wear was visible)

the pedal is getting a little bit harder to push now and I plan to pull the tranny in a month or 2 to inspect the release bearing (lube the input shaft) and inspect the pressure plate and clutch disc.