Clutch life.
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Clutch life.
Just wondering what kind of clutch life you guys are seeing on trucks similar to mine.
I have 96 F150 shortbox with 5 spd. 300 I6 with 2.73 rearend.
I have aprox 120,000 miles. (191,000 kms)
It just seems as if I have seen a lot of trucks with 100,000 miles and less allready on a second clutch.
I do some stop and go city traffic driving mixed with highway.
I try not to ride or otherwise abuse the clutch.
I have 96 F150 shortbox with 5 spd. 300 I6 with 2.73 rearend.
I have aprox 120,000 miles. (191,000 kms)
It just seems as if I have seen a lot of trucks with 100,000 miles and less allready on a second clutch.
I do some stop and go city traffic driving mixed with highway.
I try not to ride or otherwise abuse the clutch.
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Clutch life.
I do alot of short trips. When I rebuilt my engine at 130K I replaced the clutch as long as I was in there. I measured the clutch disc and compared to the new one I was putting in. The old was only wore .015. Not too bad I thought . Coulda easily run 200K. It's all in how a fella uses the clutch.
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Clutch life.
I sure hope this one hangs in for a long time.
I just don't know why I often see tyrucks for sale with less than 100k miles saying they have a new clutch.
I have heard that release bearings and such are prone to failure and take the clutch out with them
I do wonder if the tall gears (2.73) and the stop and go city driving I do will wear my clutch prematurely. I'm at 120K miles right now.
I'd like to get 200K out of this clutch.
I don't ride the clutch or abuse it and I always wait at lights etc. in neautral to avoid release bearing wear.
I just don't know why I often see tyrucks for sale with less than 100k miles saying they have a new clutch.
I have heard that release bearings and such are prone to failure and take the clutch out with them
I do wonder if the tall gears (2.73) and the stop and go city driving I do will wear my clutch prematurely. I'm at 120K miles right now.
I'd like to get 200K out of this clutch.
I don't ride the clutch or abuse it and I always wait at lights etc. in neautral to avoid release bearing wear.
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Clutch life.
Like PigFarmer said it's all about how you use the clutch. A few years ago I worked on an Escort that the clutch was shot. Put in a new one and then next week it was back slipping and smoked again. Same deal a week later. The kid's dad took the car away from him and it hasn't been back with clutch problems again 
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Clutch life.
Trying not to ride or otherwise abuse the clutch, and the question from your other post about how to prevent wheel hop when you spin the tires from a stop don't really seam to go hand in hand. Spinning your tires is abusing your equipment and will probably lead to shorter life spans for any number of driveline components.
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Clutch life.
No doubt wizard.
But we aren't talking about lighting tires up every day here. I last bought tires 18 mos and 60,000 kms ago and I suspect their is 50,000 kms left in them. I'm not beating on anything continuosly. That's why they are seperate posts right??
If you don't ride the clutch chirping the tires you aren't really causing excessive clutch wear. If you wind it out to 4 grand then dump the clutch that's a different story. Otherwise, if clutch is fully engaqged you aren't causing more clutch wear than otherwise running full hp through the drivetrain.
My concern is that wheel-hop adds to drive train fatigue as it is ubrupt tension and lack thereof on drive train components.
It all depends on how you drive a vehicle.
The clutch would be gone before 191,000 kms if I were badly abusing it.
But we aren't talking about lighting tires up every day here. I last bought tires 18 mos and 60,000 kms ago and I suspect their is 50,000 kms left in them. I'm not beating on anything continuosly. That's why they are seperate posts right??
If you don't ride the clutch chirping the tires you aren't really causing excessive clutch wear. If you wind it out to 4 grand then dump the clutch that's a different story. Otherwise, if clutch is fully engaqged you aren't causing more clutch wear than otherwise running full hp through the drivetrain.
My concern is that wheel-hop adds to drive train fatigue as it is ubrupt tension and lack thereof on drive train components.
It all depends on how you drive a vehicle.
The clutch would be gone before 191,000 kms if I were badly abusing it.
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Clutch life.
It is all dependent on conditions (hwy/city) and good the operator is at shifting and taking off. My engine doesn't usually go above 700rpm while taking off, I've seen people rev to 1500, that just wears it out faster than needed. The truck I had before this one was a 95 and had 100k mi on it when the clutch went out, it went pretty suddently too, within 10-15 miles I couldn't put it in 1st and barely into 2nd.
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Clutch life.
Yep that's my worry.
Alot of clutches seem to be gone by 100K. I have a little over 120 on mine now. Works great, doesn't slip. I'd like to see it go to 200K but not sure if that's realistic.
Alot of clutches seem to be gone by 100K. I have a little over 120 on mine now. Works great, doesn't slip. I'd like to see it go to 200K but not sure if that's realistic.
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