Average Clutch Life? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

executivekoala · 01-22-2014, 01:50 AM

I did a search and couldn't find the answer to this. Anyone know the average clutch life for normal driving. I know its all about how you drive but what would you say the normal life would be under normal conditions?

Bonburner · 01-22-2014, 02:23 AM

ive got a friend with over 200k miles on his mt truck and never replaced the clutch as far as were aware - his other cars (2) all have stock clutchs still

unfortunately i had to change my clutch out at ~16k miles - reasons .. who knows ~
avg i'd guess at least 80k

IAmNotTheDriftKing · 01-22-2014, 02:40 AM

Depends on how you drive. How long do you ride the clutch? Do you ride it at 3k? How often do you launch it? Are you granny shifting?

If you aren't too bad on it it should last 70k+. Probably closer to a 100 thousand miles though.

N1rve · 01-22-2014, 03:24 AM

It can either last the life of the car... or 5 minutes. The choice is yours.

Captain Snooze · 01-22-2014, 05:58 AM

Piece of string.

wparsons · 01-22-2014, 07:21 AM

I know people with well over 250k km's on original clutches, but I also know people that burn them up in under 50k km's.

If you drive standard well, you should have no issues with the clutch lasting 200k km's unless the majority of the km's are at a drag strip or spent launching on the street. The odd hard launch isn't going to drastically shorten the life, but slipping excessively on every start from a stop and every shift will definitely shorten the life in a hurry.

executivekoala · 01-22-2014, 01:15 PM

I dont ride the clutch often and I double de-clutch and blip when I can. I drive it semi hard I was just seeing as to when I should start preparing to change the clutch out. Thanks everyone!

CSG Mike · 01-22-2014, 01:42 PM

100% driver dependent.

My s2000's clutch went at 116k miles, and the clutch material itself was fine. It was the splines on the disk center that sheared, so the clutch couldn't engage. Also, the throwout bearing was dead.

Not bad for nearly pure stop-and-go traffic DD'ing and track use for 5.5 years eh?

I would expect the FRS/BRZ's clutch to be similarly durable.

OrbitalEllipses · 01-22-2014, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CSG Mike

100% driver dependent.

My s2000's clutch went at 116k miles, and the clutch material itself was fine. It was the splines on the disk center that sheared, so the clutch couldn't engage. Also, the throwout bearing was dead.

Not bad for nearly pure stop-and-go traffic DD'ing and track use for 5.5 years eh?

I would expect the FRS/BRZ's clutch to be similarly durable.

Waiting for my clutch to assplode ~20-30K miles.

ayau · 01-22-2014, 02:10 PM

Keeping the clutch pedal down while at stop lights will also shorten the lifespan. Shift into neutral and release the clutch at stop lights.

CSG Mike · 01-22-2014, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayau

Keeping the clutch pedal down while at stop lights will also shorten the lifespan. Shift into neutral and release the clutch at stop lights.

Um....

ayau · 01-22-2014, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Um....

Or maybe it's one of those old sayings

Regardless, I'm too lazy to keep my left foot down, lol.

CSG Mike · 01-22-2014, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayau

Or maybe it's one of those old sayings

Regardless, I'm too lazy to keep my left foot down, lol.

Neutral clutch out at a light is bad form. If you need to get moving in an emergency...

OrbitalEllipses · 01-22-2014, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

Um....

Keeping the pedal down at a stoplight will prematurely wear the throwout bearing. That's not the clutch, but it's still wear that will happen.

01-22-2014, 01:50 AM	#1
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executivekoala Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: fr-s Location: san diego Posts: 284 Thanks: 7 Thanked 96 Times in 62 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I dont ride the clutch often and I double de-clutch and blip when I can. I drive it semi hard I was just seeing as to when I should start preparing to change the clutch out. Thanks everyone!

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CSG Mike Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: S2000 CR Location: Orange County Posts: 14,527 Thanks: 8,916 Thanked 14,174 Times in 6,833 Posts Mentioned: 966 Post(s) Tagged: 14 Thread(s)	100% driver dependent. My s2000's clutch went at 116k miles, and the clutch material itself was fine. It was the splines on the disk center that sheared, so the clutch couldn't engage. Also, the throwout bearing was dead. Not bad for nearly pure stop-and-go traffic DD'ing and track use for 5.5 years eh? I would expect the FRS/BRZ's clutch to be similarly durable.

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ayau Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Some rust bucket Location: Polar ice cap Posts: 3,058 Thanks: 312 Thanked 1,045 Times in 556 Posts Mentioned: 37 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Keeping the clutch pedal down while at stop lights will also shorten the lifespan. Shift into neutral and release the clutch at stop lights.

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