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I am very surprised at how early people replace clutches on these cars. I have driven manual transmission cars for longer than I care to remember, and have generally gotten 85K - 100K on a clutch. I see people replacing clutches on Porsches at 35K - 50K. Are these people inexperienced in clutch operation so that they ride the clutch when starting out, or using the clutch to hold the car on a hill, or what. . . . ? Or, is it typical to replace a clutch on a 996 at 50K miles?
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
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Coming from BMWs, I found the Porsche needed a lot more clutch slip to get a smooth launch. The Bimmers had so much of their torque available at low rpms (85% of max torque output at 2,000rpm in the case of my last car), you just kind of let it out and went. In my 996, especially before the motor mounts were replaced, I found myself riding it a lot more.
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I am very surprised at how early people replace clutches on these cars. I have driven manual transmission cars for longer than I care to remember, and have generally gotten 85K - 100K on a clutch. I see people replacing clutches on Porsches at 35K - 50K. Are these people inexperienced in clutch operation so that they ride the clutch when starting out, or using the clutch to hold the car on a hill, or what. . . . ? Or, is it typical to replace a clutch on a 996 at 50K miles?
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
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From: Irvine, CA
Coming from BMWs, I found the Porsche needed a lot more clutch slip to get a smooth launch. The Bimmers had so much of their torque available at low rpms (85% of max torque output at 2,000rpm in the case of my last car), you just kind of let it out and went. In my 996, especially before the motor mounts were replaced, I found myself riding it a lot more.
Also - traffic is a huge thing (here in SoCal anyway). I sit in traffic every single day, not for a long period of time thank god, but I tend to ride the clutch a lot when the traffic is crawling... or else my leg will start cramping, lol.
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I am very surprised at how early people replace clutches on these cars. I have driven manual transmission cars for longer than I care to remember, and have generally gotten 85K - 100K on a clutch. I see people replacing clutches on Porsches at 35K - 50K. Are these people inexperienced in clutch operation so that they ride the clutch when starting out, or using the clutch to hold the car on a hill, or what. . . . ? Or, is it typical to replace a clutch on a 996 at 50K miles?
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
Just curious, to plan for the future. My 996 has 30K miles, and the clutch is sooooolid.
larry
My car is CPO'd and I had an RMS leak. I ordered the kit from sunset and when i brought the car in I told the service manager to put the new kit in when the tech puts everything back together.
So I got the RMS seal replaced and a new clutch kit installed for only the price of the kit ($512).
Pedal is much smoother after the replacement.
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Wear changes the clutch fork geometry making the initial travel harder.
To help with wear you can remove the clutch assist spring to geta better feel of the point of engagement. (less slipping to get moving)
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...matically.html
To help with wear you can remove the clutch assist spring to geta better feel of the point of engagement. (less slipping to get moving)
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...matically.html
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I'm on my second clutch at 95K miles. The first one lasted for about 70K miles. FWIW, my old Isuzu Trooper was still on the original clutch when I sold it with 252K miles.
