UKKid35

I know its going to vary widely with different driving styles (and flywheel condition etc) but - what mileage do you get from a friction plate?

My previous car (not a 928) the clutch lasted ten years and over 100K even though I abused it horribly, and did very little highway mileage.

I replaced the friction plate in the 928 nearly 3 years ago and 32K, and I noticed it slipping badly on a recent spirited launch. It doesn't yet slip in high gears going uphill etc.

When I had the clutch apart six months ago there seemed to be plenty of material left.

TIA - and Merry Christmas

Chris

If you only replaced the friction disc maybe the pressure plate has is on its way out ?. Just a thought, 32K for a standard hp engine sounds real low.

Chris

UKKid35

Luckily I have a spare pressure plate from a much more recent car which I will fit when I replace the friction plate, mine is probably original at nearly 200K.

Imo000

I have 320 000km and counting on the original clutch it's my DD a '00 Jetta TDI.

Garth S

Pull out the inspection plug, or drop the lower housing and look for signs of a RMS leak .... which may also account for some clutch slip. Oil can also migrate from the 'Vee' , down the backside, and into the bell housing notch where the release lever pivots, maybe worth a look ....

UKKid35

Inspection plug? You have to be joking - I didn't even realise there was supposed to be one, there's just a hole in the bellhousing - LOL.

I will check for oil - thanks Garth

marton

I replaced my dual disk clutch at about 75K miles; the old one was clearly not the original (unless somebody put in a GTS release arm just for fun) so I guess 30K miles as a life is not so far off in my case?

marton

Ispeed

mine is original, about 70% left last time we looked.

spinaker

150,000 kilometers and still going on original clutch. About 30% wear left. It slipped a little last year when I took the car out of winter storage but after a couple of hundred kilometers it stopped.

danglerb

My 83 has about 145k miles and the clutch was original, right on the edge of worn out (almost to the rivets).

alex70

Pretty sure my last clutch was orig and it had 140,000 miles on it

marton

BTW, my last clutch was not worn out; simply all the facing had ripped off one of the two clutch plates.

Marton