bad clutch

[cnycivic]

ok i have 82000 miles on my civic dx ... this morn i could still spin the tires in 2nd gear no problem and i was drivin to college when all of a sudden i shifted to 3rd gear and i heard a crunch proceded by no more clutch ... WTF happend ... arent clutches supposta go down gradualy not instantly and at 80000 miles ... i have owned standard for 5 years so i know how to drive it ... what do you think happend ... how could i have a strong clutch one min then the next have no clutch at all ???

[Moppie]

how sure are you its the clutch?

It sounds like you broke an axle, or the diff.

Spinning the tyres in 2nd will do that.

[cnycivic]

well the shop i brought it to said he thought it was the cltuch and that he was gonna take it apart later to make sure ... he never called me back so i would guess that it is the clutch ... oh well ...