I just purchased a 98 Integra with 102k miles. The guy told me that it wasn't the car they learned how to drive manual on (thank goodness). He told me that his wife didn't drive it very hard, and that hes done every required Acura Inspection/Maintenance. Now my question is, should I rebuild the tranny, or just change the clutch bearing and flywheel.

 

um, does it drive ok? if theres nothin wrong with it, why would u need to rebuild it..?

 

only routine matinence on trannies is change the oil every 30k miles

hows the clutch? if it's good then leave it unless u plan on upgrading it. then i would get that out fo the way

 

When I test drove it, the clutch was one of the smoothest ever, I'm pretty sure I am gonna put a new flywheel in there. I was asking because I didn't know if Acura maintenance did anything to the clutch.

 

y do u want a new flywheel? do u plan on upgrading ur car or leaving it be? the only required maintenance is the tranny fluid change as cougar stated..

 

Despair - you will have a lot of despair when your broke, with no money to spend on upgrades if you are going to throw money at an invisible problem. You said it is one of the smoothest clutches you have ever driven. Leave it alone.

 

If it's not broke, why fix it?

Anyway, I wouldn't worry. There's really not much that can happen to a tranny from someone learning to drive a manual.

 

Alright, thanks guys