Let a friend drive my Z... :/
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Let a friend drive my Z... :/
I have a friend who seems to know about cars in general. Well, today I let him drive my Z on the way to lunch ('06 Roadster). I told him "go ahead, drive it like you mean it.." So he did. And it was all good and fun. But then, at a stop light waiting to turn left,
he starts reving it to like 5+ a couple times as the left arrow comes on (I thought he was gonna do a little burnout -- ok... might've been fun). Then he proceeds to let the clutch out slowwwwly on these hig revs and proceed to turn. Now the clutch lever is fully released and we are half way into the intersection with revs at 4-5, but we are barely moving -- and he is sitting there with this dumb look on his face like "I don't know why we're not moving..." (Mind you this is all happening over the course of 5 seconds). Finally he gives the throttle a break and the clutch gets a grip and we go on through the turn and proceed to the parking spot in front of the lunch place.
Of course next there was this horrible stink (still stinks tonight) of cooked clutch. Well, so far so good it doesn't seem to have wrecked it. But I guess he took a few thousand miles of it! WTF!? ...Never do that again.
So how can I start to tell if the clutch is about to go? And what's it gonna take to replace it ($$$)? I thought it felt a little tough pushing it into gear a couple times tonight - or am I imagining that?
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he starts reving it to like 5+ a couple times as the left arrow comes on (I thought he was gonna do a little burnout -- ok... might've been fun). Then he proceeds to let the clutch out slowwwwly on these hig revs and proceed to turn. Now the clutch lever is fully released and we are half way into the intersection with revs at 4-5, but we are barely moving -- and he is sitting there with this dumb look on his face like "I don't know why we're not moving..." (Mind you this is all happening over the course of 5 seconds). Finally he gives the throttle a break and the clutch gets a grip and we go on through the turn and proceed to the parking spot in front of the lunch place.
Of course next there was this horrible stink (still stinks tonight) of cooked clutch. Well, so far so good it doesn't seem to have wrecked it. But I guess he took a few thousand miles of it! WTF!? ...Never do that again.
So how can I start to tell if the clutch is about to go? And what's it gonna take to replace it ($$$)? I thought it felt a little tough pushing it into gear a couple times tonight - or am I imagining that?
Thoughts? Comments?
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Not a big deal. Could have been worse imagine him revving it high RPM then half way through the turn dumping the clutch sending you into oncoming traffic. FYI I don't let anybody drive my Z let alone my HS friend.
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Not a big deal. Could have been worse imagine him revving it high RPM then half way through the turn dumping the clutch sending you into oncoming traffic. FYI I don't let anybody drive my Z let alone my HS friend.
yeah don't worry about...
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Ok - I won't worry. But can somebody explain what happened? I mean, I guess I get it: He got the clutch going into a sort of "clutch burnout" I guess. Never heard of it -- but when I saw what was happening, well, there it was! I've been driving M/Ts all my life -- never experienced this before. It was weird...
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Ok - I won't worry. But can somebody explain what happened? I mean, I guess I get it: He got the clutch going into a sort of "clutch burnout" I guess. Never heard of it -- but when I saw what was happening, well, there it was! I've been driving M/Ts all my life -- never experienced this before. It was weird...
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No biggy, but the only time you should start to worry is when you feel the clutch slip.
Say you're cruising and you give it some throttle and it's revving while you barely started to move. That's the only time I think you should start the get worried.
I remember the day my cltuch went out. It just started to slip and acouple hours later it wouldn't even move from 1st gear.
Say you're cruising and you give it some throttle and it's revving while you barely started to move. That's the only time I think you should start the get worried.
I remember the day my cltuch went out. It just started to slip and acouple hours later it wouldn't even move from 1st gear.
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dang sometimes i smell that smell too. right before my clutch gave out it smelled really bad for like a week. once i got my new clutch, my friend said i didnt break it in and it smelled for like 2weeks straight. it doesnt smell now about 1000 miles after the new clutch, but im worried. you should be fine as long as it doesnt smell for more than a few days.
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if nothing's broken, i wouldn't trip over this $hit.
It IS you, who let your friend to drive your Z after all.
Slightly damaged the clutch, lesson learnt. Move on.
It IS you, who let your friend to drive your Z after all.
Slightly damaged the clutch, lesson learnt. Move on.
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Originally Posted by zoe
Ok - I won't worry. But can somebody explain what happened? I mean, I guess I get it: He got the clutch going into a sort of "clutch burnout" I guess. Never heard of it -- but when I saw what was happening, well, there it was! I've been driving M/Ts all my life -- never experienced this before. It was weird...
He must not have been in 1st. Probably 3rd.
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Originally Posted by 35TH ANY
He must not have been in 1st. Probably 3rd.
Whatever was going on, I didn't know one could do it. My only thought is he really doesnt know how to drive MT and was essentially riding the clutch -- but he swears that by the time we were in the intersection he had fully released the clutch. So, I guess the thing got so hot that it couldn't engage and was stuck in a kind of clutch burnout. New concept to me. Even when I was a green shifter I never did such a thing...
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It's possible that the clutch stuck and it wasn't his fault. I (along with others on this forum) have been having problems with the clutch sticking in my 06 when doing a launch at varous RPMs. Have you launched it much?
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Originally Posted by bofa
It's possible that the clutch stuck and it wasn't his fault. I (along with others on this forum) have been having problems with the clutch sticking in my 06 when doing a launch at varous RPMs. Have you launched it much?
Sure -- I've launched it all different RPMS. Never a hint of a problem ('til someone else was driving).