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so i may be the first person to fry a clutch on a GTO with only 9000 miles.... man i am freaking good..... lets see what the dealer has to say to this crap! :cheers :rofl:
Oh man! I dont think they cover clutches! I would be interested in finding out what they want to replace one, I can see it in my future. :cheersPhantomOctane said:so i may be the first person to fry a clutch on a GTO with only 9000 miles.... man i am freaking good..... lets see what the dealer has to say to this crap! :cheers :rofl:
Mumrah, these cars have Hydraulic clutches. They work exactly like a disk brake (in its hydraulic functions that is), the fluid takes up the slack caused by the wearing so there is no adjustment to them. My clutch only fully engages in the last 1 (maybe less!) inch of the travel but it was that way from the day I drove it off the showroom. You should have seen me driving this thing for the first few days, I looked like an a-hole. My old car's clutch was coming in only a couple inches off the floor, not to mention there is about 4 times the spring resistance on this clutch than my old one. When I went to drive my KIA to the gas station to fill it up before the lady came to look at it to buy it, I almost put the clutch pedal through the floor board. I stalled it twice, was slipping the hell out of it just trying to drive it around the block it was so damned different and I hadnt driven it in about 3 months. Crazy.mumrah said:I thought most clutches were covered for 10k miles. I hope so because mine is scary high with only 4500 miles. I was thinking of bringing it in to check the adjustment. Let me know because I was thinking of just upgrading if not covered..goodluck.
Well, just to be clear on this....You are not "adjusting" the clutch in the classic sense. Non-hydraulic clutch setups require adjustment as the clutch plate wears. Hydraulic clutch's do not require any adjustment as they wear. You are referring to an "asthetic" adjustment which is very interesting, and I was unaware that could be changed. Thank you for the information.Thrillhouse said:hydraulic clutches are totally adjustable. You just spin the rod that goes into the master cylinder. The farther into the cylinder the rod goes, the lower the engagement point.
Oh and it's not a good thing to fry a clutch in 9000 miles. Either it was defective, or you arn't as skilled with a mantran as you should be.
Or you could just be putting lots of "hard use" on the clutch. I'd look more towards your driving style though.
I was told that the GTO oem clutch is same as ZO6 oem, but have no confirmation of that.PhantomOctane said:well if they dont replace it under warranty it will either be getttin a Z-06 clutch or a Centerforce II clutch!
Thanks for the info. I didn't think I was that bad on my clutch.JMVorbeck said:Mumrah, these cars have Hydraulic clutches. They work exactly like a disk brake (in its hydraulic functions that is), the fluid takes up the slack caused by the wearing so there is no adjustment to them. My clutch only fully engages in the last 1 (maybe less!) inch of the travel but it was that way from the day I drove it off the showroom. You should have seen me driving this thing for the first few days, I looked like an a-hole. My old car's clutch was coming in only a couple inches off the floor, not to mention there is about 4 times the spring resistance on this clutch than my old one. When I went to drive my KIA to the gas station to fill it up before the lady came to look at it to buy it, I almost put the clutch pedal through the floor board. I stalled it twice, was slipping the hell out of it just trying to drive it around the block it was so damned different and I hadnt driven it in about 3 months. Crazy.