bigbass37

Have I overlooked them somehow? What is the most common problem and usual solutions? Mine seems fine, but I am curious.

iloveporsches

Problems seem to come and go in clumps here. Anyway, a bad clutch will give you a shudder and backlash in the drivetrain, or will slip when you try and give it power. If the peddle drops to the floor, your master or slave clutch cylinder are bad most likely. Changing the clutch is a huge PITA.

Luis de Prat

Biggest problem about clutches is always -> $$$

kennycoulter

will this shutter be when you have the pedal in? i have a little vibration i can feel when i have my foot on right before it starts to grab. never felt it until i got the new clutch and engine mounts. the speed of the pulsating seems to have gone up in the past 2 months.

Luis de Prat

Kenny, a lot depends on the kind/age of clutch you have in the car. If it's the stock rubber-centered kind, a shudder is not a good sign.

OTOH, if you had it replaced with a spring-centered unit, they tend to allow more vibration, but it's par for the course.

If your clutch is original on the car, you may want to consider having it replaced in the near futre. Anything over 60K miles is borrowed time on a 944 clutch, IMHO.

iloveporsches

Someone on this board had a 944 with over 200k on the original clutch....

Typically, from what I've seen on the boards, you can expect a good 100k if you aren't harsh on the clutch.

Luis de Prat

Sure, they can last longer, but the car's performance drops (aka clutch slippage). I just put a new clutch in the 83 after 60K miles. The old clutch was still working, but the car now feels like it has a ton more torque. As in, the clutch is new.

How long have you had your car? I'm just speaking from 10 years of owning/maintaining these cars, FWIW.

YMMV

Devia

Legoland951 had a 944 with 400,000 miles on the original clutch and engine!

- Julie

Danno

"i have a little vibration i can feel when i have my foot on right before it starts to grab.

That could be motor-mounts. At least on my car, replacing the motor mounts removed all the vibration. And I just spent the last two weeks working on my clutch. Turned one the throw-out bearing assembly had fallen apart. The circlip that holds it together slipped... grr... Hans & Frans engineering again. They should have reversed the collar so that pulling on the bearing pushes the collar into the bearing rather than pulling it out.