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[Johnny English]

there is no other special reason than high km in the clock? The mig of mine close to the magic 300 000km and my nightmare is that she leaves me somewhere on the roadside producing a sudden clutch or DMF failure. Only one stuff there is the clutch works a relative upper position that means for me a bit worn disc... so my question is above.   


Regards


   Laszlo

[JesperKjeldsen]

if the clutch gives up during driving it is possible to change gear witout it, its complicated but possible.

but it will start slipping before it will breake down. so try running at 90km/h in 3. gear and then suddenly floor it.. thats the highest tourge you can put on the clutch, if it doesent slip keep on driving..

how expensive is it to have a mechanic change?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Its a hydraulic operated clutch so it always has the bite at the upper part of the pedal travel

[Johnny English]

if the clutch gives up during driving it is possible to change gear witout it, its complicated but possible.

but it will start slipping before it will breake down. so try running at 90km/h in 3. gear and then suddenly floor it.. thats the highest tourge you can put on the clutch, if it doesent slip keep on driving..

how expensive is it to have a mechanic change?

It costs about 300 quid (items + work without DMF) so I have to think twice before get it done once.
Thx for infos guys 

[Nick W]

It's impossible to say how long a clutch is going to last, as that's entirely down to your driving style. For instance my mother gets less than 30,000 miles from one, whereas I'd be disappointed with under 100,000. In fact, in 25 years I've only ever fitted one clutch to my own cars.

So the usual approach is to not worry about the clutch until it fails. Unless you have to remove either the engine or gearbox for some other reason, at which point it's probably worth checking the condition of the clutch.

[I_want_an_Omega]

It's impossible to say how long a clutch is going to last, as that's entirely down to your driving style. For instance my mother gets less than 30,000 miles from one, whereas I'd be disappointed with under 100,000. In fact, in 25 years I've only ever fitted one clutch to my own cars.

So the usual approach is to not worry about the clutch until it fails. Unless you have to remove either the engine or gearbox for some other reason, at which point it's probably worth checking the condition of the clutch.

+1

My brother has just got rid of his 1999 Galaxy - (which he has had from new) with 260k on the original clutch & still going strong.

[05omegav6]

I've had to fit two clutches to my Omega both times it started slipping gradually, lasting about 2000 miles before failing

When you change it always change the release bearing My first Omega had a clutch change at some point before I bought it. The release bearing failed and destroyed the entire clutch, punching bits into the flywheel, destroying that as well it went from grumbling to shreiking to BANG in about 300 miles