I bought my car used with 114k, I think with the original clutch. It's a 93 S. Now it has 145k on it, and I'm wondering if I should take "pre-emptive" action and ditch it before it dies. Am I being paranoid? Also, can you get home on a clutch that's losing it?

Dan

 

well it would not hurt to have a "spare" sitting in the closet. You know that it WILL need to be replaced at SOME point. The OEM replacement is not that expencive. I say get one and sit on it.
I have 110k on my 97, and i will be ordering a spare soon to change when the stocker finnaly gives out.

 

156K miles and it almost caused me to get stuck somewhere at night.

If I were you, I would get it changed. Either way, you are going to have to get it changed. The question it, do you want to get stuck somewhere, be inconvenienced, pay for towing, be forced into getting the clutch changed that the shop the car is towed to,......well, I am sure you get the idea.

I would buy a new clutch and have a shop of your choice change it for you.

 

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you should be able to tell if it's slipping before it gets
that bad. mine was slipping for a good 15k b4 it got
serious to where i coouldn't drive it. but that doesn't mean
you should wait that long, i'm just a little poor and lazy

 

I got 276,xxx mi and I'm about to order my 3rd cluch...was stock, replaced once and soon to be replaced, so its the 3rd ever in the car.

 

Wow, I only got about 68k on mine!

 

took 7 hour trip when the clutch went out 6 hours into it.... replace that thing..

 

154k .... still chirped second, but i replaced it when the motor was out

 

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It's even possible to shift with out any clutch at all... that of course is not preferable... or easy.

 

~160k and it was still ok. i replaced it when i replaced my transmission.

 

197k on my original 91 lude clutch. the last couple wks before it died you could hear the rivets on it grinding. of course i replaced it at 197k .. then when i hit 201k a cylinder went.

 

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Yeah, I've done a little of that. It works best between 3rd and 4th. The other gears are - (grrrrind) - iffy.

My roommate's clutch pedal on his busted-*** 88 Jetta fell off once. He had to clutchless shift all the way home.

Dan

 

How do you shift without a clutch? Just jam it in gear?

Also don't worry about getting stranded. Mine slipped for about a month before it totally went. And it could still take a beating in 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

 

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You have to get the engine rpms going at the same speed as the tranny, putting gentle pressure on the shift **** towards the gear you are trying to get in. It will actually slip in quite nicely, if you keep it steady... although it's tough to get started from a stop.

 

i took it to 4k and then leaned it on the next gear, as i let off the gas, it will slip in. you cant do this w/bad clutch cause it doesnt grip. this is only for master/slave cylinder going out.