Clutch Problems
madmax623
01-27-2004, 11:59 PM
Hey, any help you can give me is awesome.
First: Yeah I drive my car pretty hard and I love a thrill, but I don't race it. I have a 1994 Honda Civic Ex with 76k mi. on it that I bought last year.
The Problem: It's a five speed manual and everythings stock. Anyway I've had absolutely no problems till a couple of weeks ago when the clutch very unexpectedly died. I wasn't dropping it or downshifting or anything. I was cruising at 30 mph. So what happened? Just wore out? Because according to the mechanics at the local service station it was blown. There was clutch material in the boot. Looked liked I dropped the thing from 5k.
Second Problem: I had it fixed and a matter of hours later it died again. Just picked up the car, drove around for a while, took it to a friends house and when I went back outside to start it up, nothing. Could the fly wheel have been in backwards?
I should also add that both times the clutch blew niether myself nor anyone else in the car heard any kind of noise.
Thanks
First: Yeah I drive my car pretty hard and I love a thrill, but I don't race it. I have a 1994 Honda Civic Ex with 76k mi. on it that I bought last year.
The Problem: It's a five speed manual and everythings stock. Anyway I've had absolutely no problems till a couple of weeks ago when the clutch very unexpectedly died. I wasn't dropping it or downshifting or anything. I was cruising at 30 mph. So what happened? Just wore out? Because according to the mechanics at the local service station it was blown. There was clutch material in the boot. Looked liked I dropped the thing from 5k.
Second Problem: I had it fixed and a matter of hours later it died again. Just picked up the car, drove around for a while, took it to a friends house and when I went back outside to start it up, nothing. Could the fly wheel have been in backwards?
I should also add that both times the clutch blew niether myself nor anyone else in the car heard any kind of noise.
Thanks
BullShifter
01-28-2004, 01:30 AM
First: Yeah I drive my car pretty hard and I love a thrill, but I don't race it.
The Problem: It's a five speed manual and everythings stock. Anyway I've had absolutely no problems till a couple of weeks ago when the clutch very unexpectedly died.
You answered 1 of your questions - hard driving?
2 clutches? I think you need to learn how to drive. new clutches need a "break-in" period of normal driving for 500-750 miles.
The Problem: It's a five speed manual and everythings stock. Anyway I've had absolutely no problems till a couple of weeks ago when the clutch very unexpectedly died.
You answered 1 of your questions - hard driving?
2 clutches? I think you need to learn how to drive. new clutches need a "break-in" period of normal driving for 500-750 miles.
madmax623
01-28-2004, 11:11 AM
Yeah I'm well aware of that and as I said I don't race it. And I wasn't driving it hard when it happened or even before it happened with the second clutch. Also I did make a mistake in the post. I meant clutch disk, not fly wheel.
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