Me and my buddy both fryed our clutches at around 5,000 miles bone stock, no performance mods what so ever. has this happened to anyone else? if so did the dealer warrenty it?

 

here we go again...

 

I have just the solution...











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Why don't you have a seat right over there.

 

sooo basically you and your buddy raced each other all the damn time and beat your clutches to ****, and now they are slipping? or am i totally wrong on that one....

 

Whats that mean? anyways i couldn't find anything in the threads so don't laugh at me!

 

Take a video of your driving styles so we can analyze just exactly how the clutch(es) failed.

 

actually i rarely see my buddy so no we didn't. i won't lie, i did use and abuse my car but still, i didn't abuse it so much to the point that the cluch should have gone bad by 5,000 miles!

 

im not laughing at u man... alot of ppl fry there clutches...

alot of ppl dont.. its called not beating the **** out of your car
and to answer your question i can guarantee it wont be warrantied... its a wear and tear item

 

Let me not be a dick you you like everyone else has, the reason you have not found any post on this is because it doesnt happen. HE said not again because there is always kids on here that dont know how to drive messing there clutches up.

Ok the reason both your clutches failed is because you do not know how to drive, i know pleany of people including myself who are heavily modded running on stock clutch for over 40k miles and no i dont think the dealer will warranty your clutch its a normal wear and tear but you can always try.

 

Its only 5,000 miles, it should have held up, my other car is a stick and i drive it harder than i do my balt, it just only has 130hp but still if i drive so bad, that clutch should go every 5 thou too

 

Woah! Wait a minute...

You ABUSED your car. It broke. And you're wondering why?!

lmfao

 

i wouldnt say its so much on if you beat the **** outta your car. I drive mine like i stole it all the damn time. 14,000 miles now. no probs. Take no offence OP, its all in how good you can drive a stick. Granted, the ss/sc is totally different feeling than most sticks.

 

i have been driving a stick shift for 6 years, trust me i know how do drive and like i said i drive my escort zx2 10 times worse then i do my balt.

 

its called tourqe and a hydraulic clutch = very sensitive...


let me ask you, what rpm do u shift at and do you keep your foot rested on the clutch pedal while driving?

 

It doesn't matter if you know how to drive or not. It's not hard to drive stick. What everyone fails to realize is that you need to adapt to the car. You think you know how to drive stick and figured the car would change to meet your needs. Guess what.. it didn't happen and now look what you're left with. A smoked clutch.

 

im sorry to hear that , the first step to recovery is to admit you dont know how to drive.

 

I bought my car used with 23k, haven't had any clutch troubles although the previous owner may have fixed that for me lol

 

i shift at all different rpms, if im beating it, i shift at 6,000, if im not, i shift at 3 or 4,000, and no i definatly do not rest my foot on the clutch, i know all about that. and its not totaly fryed, just between 1st and 2nd if your racing otherwise it's fine.

 

Do your tires have traction at the top of 1st when you shift on 1-2?

Or are you smoking the tires in 1st and trying to smoke them in 2nd too?

 

kiss my ass, i know how to drive a ******* stick. i didn't learn yesterday, i know how to drive a stick, i heard over the years all the things not to do when driving a stick, i have seen many clutches that have failed over the years because i am a mechanic, trust me, i know how to drive a stick, and both of my cars are hydrolic clutches, so i don't think there would be too much difference. the balt is just a little more grabby and i don't let it slip at all.

if im racing, sometimes it smokes the tires in first and second, but i try not to let that happen unless i am really racing someone i don't know if i can beat.

 

not to be an ass, then how did your stock cobalt destroy a clutch in 5000 miles...?

 

You have to have traction at the top of 1st before you shift to 2nd otherwise you will ge slip. This isn't a 500hp camaro with a stage 3 clutch. Like I said, adapt to the car and you won't have any issues.

 

QFT!!!!

 

I don't know thats why i am trying to find out if anyone else had this problem, like i said, i drive my escort zx2 10 times harder than i do my balt, and i only had to replace the clutch once and i have had it for 130,000 miles. i know it doesn't have as much power as the balt but still my balt should not have gone through a clutch in 5,000 miles, it doesn't add up.

 

Dude enough..