Burn Clutch.....

[super66]

Originally Posted by eslai

I would be really really really surprised if a single incident of clutch slippage was enough to trash the clutch. These things should be able to take a bit more abuse than that!

Is your clutch now slipping in any of the low gears when you drive it hard? If not I don't see any reason you'd change it out. Wait until it dies. Then again I haven't heard the whole story so maybe it really is dead.

don't laugh guys but I don't have a clue what clutch slipping is.....the only thing that I noticed really different was the smell......I took it out and drove it pretty hard a couple times and it always went right into gear and zip around fine....first gear might feel a little funny but that could just be me, and the other thing is that the shifter feels looser.....the car definitely goes into gear a lot smoother that it used too....but then again maybe I'm just imagining


for David, I had the clutch all the way to the floor......I think I probably panicked a bit and maybe didn't come all the way off it enough for the car to go....not really sure.....the guy said it was all good yesterday but he's going back to look at the creaking clutch pedal TSB today and hopefully their won't be a different assesment of the situation....

[Sammy]

Originally Posted by super66

don't laugh guys but I don't have a clue what clutch slipping is.....the only thing that I noticed really different was the smell......I took it out and drove it pretty hard a couple times and it always went right into gear and zip around fine....first gear might feel a little funny but that could just be me, and the other thing is that the shifter feels looser.....the car definitely goes into gear a lot smoother that it used too....but then again maybe I'm just imagining


for David, I had the clutch all the way to the floor......I think I probably panicked a bit and maybe didn't come all the way off it enough for the car to go....not really sure.....the guy said it was all good yesterday but he's going back to look at the creaking clutch pedal TSB today and hopefully their won't be a different assesment of the situation....

Slipping is the time between the initial contact of the clutch plates (one is spinning faster than the other) and the final mating that results in them locking together and spinning at the same speed. Slipping is what causes a clutch to burn (gets the smell you refer to) and wear faster than normal.

A simple example would be you're playing basketball and you run down the court. When you get to the other end you try to stop and your shoes slide (slip) on the floor of the court until they gain enough traction. A similar thing happens with a clutch.

[PorscheDoc]

The dual mass flywheel does not have to be changed for a clutch job, but it does need to be resurfaced. You can not do a dual mass on a traditional lathe, but rather with a surface grinding machine. Most machine shops should have one. We always resurface flywheels with a new clutch to insure they bed properly.

[eslai]

Originally Posted by super66

don't laugh guys but I don't have a clue what clutch slipping is.....the only thing that I noticed really different was the smell......I took it out and drove it pretty hard a couple times and it always went right into gear and zip around fine....first gear might feel a little funny but that could just be me, and the other thing is that the shifter feels looser.....the car definitely goes into gear a lot smoother that it used too....but then again maybe I'm just imagining

If you hit the Go Pedal with the car in gear and the car doesn't "Go", or revs climb really fast and the car doesn't "go very well", that's your clutch slipping.

Basically your wheels are connected to your engine via two halves of a sliced bagel. If you rotate one half and the other half doesn't rotate with it, that's clutch slip.

lol I'm sorry that's a horrible analogy. Go here instead and you'll understand it immediately. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/clutch.htm

Basically if the car scoots along in first and second gear like it did before, your clutch is fine for now.