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Originally Posted by Turbowned
I just finished reading Ezra Dyer's column in Automobile about how the clutch prematurely failed in a Dodge Dart he was testing, with just 2,300 miles. Rob Benson, Chrysler's senior manager for manual transmission/driveline/4WD, stated that "at some point, the clutch was heated to the point that there was bluing on the pressure plate and flywheel. When you heat it to that level, the binding agents lose their ability to hold, and you lower the burst speed."
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Interesting quote. There may be an implication there that the primary cause of premature clutch failure is heat, not slippage. So slipping your clutch might be fine, just don't do it repeatedly to the point of heating it up and "bluing" the pressure plate and flywheel.