Fail catastrophically. Driving the vehicle over to the dealership when it completely gave out and could no longer select a gear with the engine running.
Heavy scratch marks on flywheel, no pad left on clutch, bearings over heated. Totally shot
Ouch. I once accidentally rested my foot on a clutch pedal rather than the foot rest and it got hot very quickly (a couple of miles). If you have been doing this routinely I can (unfortunately) see how you could wear it out in 9K. And that would likely overheat the bearings and then take out the flywheel when it failed.
by what he is describing in the video it sounds like it's failed catastrophically
iv'e only seen 2 clutches break themselves apart
1 was in a reliant robin trying to get it to wheely and the other was in a ford escort of unknown origin
both had done many thousands of miles and were far from new
for a new clutch to break the way described that's a failure not excessive wear n tear
2 ton van and poor clutch control with a powerful petrol engine- yep that will wear it out in no time! The failed release bearing is probably the most obvious sign that it's been given a rough life.
You obviously know what to avoid, but also don't rev the engine when you pull away. Just bring the clutch up slowly and once fully engaged, accelerate. Modern engines tend to be very high torque and this will rip the clutch up in no time if you are applying a lot of welly. The engine won't stall, as the electronics will increase the revs automatically.
I'll bet you will spend more time in neutral with the hand brake on now LOL!
OP has freely admitted that he has abused the clutch in just about every way you shouldn't use one, so I'm not sure why some people are trying to suggest it's a manufacturer fault. Please don't put that idea in his head
No fear of that! I know it's my own fault, a pain that it has happened so soon, but 100% self-caused. Just picked the van up and have noticed a heck of a difference, rev needle moves so little now that I thought it was broken for a time
Straight into neutral now when approaching standing traffic (when at low speeds), using start-stop (which isn't that bad) and foot completely of pedal
The van still has a burning smell to it from when the clutch went as a nice reminder (assume that will go in time). Oh and no more rapid gear changing! Leason well learnt. On the plus side, the chrome side bars they fitted at the same time look dam nice
No but use to do nearly 1000 miles a week in various different vans from Corsa Combo, Astra Van, Ford Connect and Renault Traffic. Only ever clutch I had die was on my 1.5tdi Nova with 130k miles on the clock..
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24-11-2019 23:23:03