How do I tell when my clutch is going/bad?

Bad Boy

I know lately Ive been making a quite few posts about the clutch and everything... but only because this is my first manual car and I want to take good care of it and make it last a long time!
I promise this will be my last clutch question. Lol.

**main questions**

**How do I tell when my clutch is going out or bad, or when it needs to be replaced?**
Ive read about some tests like shifting into 6th while stopped and letting go of the clutch to see what happens... I didnt fully let go of my clutch because I didnt want to stall, but while in 6th from a stop, I let go a little and it was moving slowly with a little bit of shakiness... is that normal?

**Also, does holding down the clutch on 1st and revving to peel out waste or damage the clutch?**

**Also, when in a congested parking lot, I tend to "ride" the clutch in 1st because I dont want to stall and think 2nd is too fast. Same with reverse. Is this a normal practice?**

Thanks in advance for any advice or input.

kenchan

shift into 4th at 20mph and give considerable throttle. if it doesnt slip chances are your clutch is good.

reving while clutch-in wont wear your clutch. while youre clutching in your throwout bearing is working though...same goes with the csc.

dont ride the clutch.

cigarclifford

I agree today with the Doctor KenChan...................

__________________
-Clifford

kenchan

only today?

Limeybastard

Start car, put it in high gear, it stalls you are good, if revs go up not.

cigarclifford

So Sorry...And again I'm a big fan of chrome............

__________________
-Clifford

aszyd

Holding down the clutch won't burn it off, but the sudden release at high revs to get it to grab and spin the tires can cause damage. Especially if it does not grab properly.

Don't do this:

__________________
Competition Clutch|Fast Intentions|Maxbore|NST|Setrab|Stillen|Tomei|Uprev| Z1
Avant Garde|SPC|Stance|Whiteline
Aerojacket|Seibon|Tanabe|TRS|TWM

cigarclifford

Limey B...........Were you at one time a pro race car driver............

__________________
-Clifford

Justice97

How many miles on car?

Never ride clutch.

And have you priced tires yet?

cigarclifford

Bad Boy sure chose the right place to ask questions..................

The 370Z forum..................

__________________
-Clifford

Chuck33079

When you're driving at 40-50 mph, put the car in 5th and floor it. If rpms shoot up without corresponding acceleration, the clutch is toast.

__________________
2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

Bad Boy

Dumb question here. What does it mean when a clutch "slips"? what does it mean to "slip" how does it feel or sound?

Bad Boy

Priced tires? for what? I dont plan on doing a burnout lol.
Also, how do I not ride the clutch when in congested traffic or parking lot? or when reversing from a spot?

Justice97

Well you were asking about peeling out lol...

Of course your going to "ride" the clutch a little when in traffic or pulling out, that is how they work. Riding the clutch is when you are driving down the road and your foot is on the clutch pedal. That is what people mean by riding the clutch.

Bad Boy

ONE MORE QUESTION! Lol.

In automatic cars, normal maintenance requires oil changes, air filter, transmission flush every 30-60K miles (depending), and spark plugs sometimes.

On a manual car, is there any sort of regular maintenance I should know about? does the transmission get serviced in some sort of special way? do I need to flush fluids every once in a while? is there some sort of clutch fluid that I need to fill up every once in a while?