i was driving my car tonight and i was accelerating from an intersection pretty quickly and i guess i missed a shift because all of a sudden the engine reved to like 5k-6k and there was a very noticeable burning smell afterwards. there was a little the next time i accelerated (gently) from a stop. still seemed to drive ok the rest of the way home when was shifting but when i got home i got down by the front of the car and could still smell a hint of it.
i think i probably messed up the clutch or gears but...

what did i do?

 

Missed a shift and when you let the clutch back out you heard it rev up real quick so you decided to not let the clutch fully engage and then probably rode it out. Probably glazed the clutch. A couple days of normal driving and it should be at full driving potential.

 

glazed clutch, shift under normal driving at 3-3.5 k rpm
my clutch grans just as strong as the day i bought it and i have 24000km on it... with many power mods

 

okay thats good to hear, hopefully everything will be okay. trebs, did you glaze it and its been fine or has it just been fine in general?

btw, since were on the subject... on average, about how often do clutches need to be replaced and how much does it cost?

 

mines been fine in general, theres a thread somewhere where a guy was saying what i just told u and his clutch basically fixed itself, just shift at 3+ rpms. and the clutch all depends how hard you drive it, how good of a driver you are, amount of mods... so on... a clutch will prolly be around $1200 installed

 

Yeppers clutch burnin' smell!

 

yikes, that's a lot. ive only put about 12k miles my car since i got it and i dont think the clutch was on it to long before that. im usually really good with the stick, idk tonight was a pretty sh*tty night for me so my mind wasnt really working and i guess i just spazed or something. hopefully everything on it will be okay. ill just be nice to the car for a while and maybe itll forgive me...

 

i did the same thing the other day and i threw a CEL....anybody know what thats about? im going the the dealership on monday

 

did u bounce off the rev limiter?

 

i remember the first day driving the balt by myself..wow did i burn the clutch..haha

 

yeah i think i did...sorry for the thread jack

 

this look familiar?

hope it helps
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Clutchslip.flv

 

its cool luciano, anything along the lines of this issue helps me 2

 

Thats defiantly a great video. Must people aren't smart enough to hear the clutch slip though.

 

you can not only hear the clutch slip, but you can feel it...and I don't think it has so much of a burning smell, to me it smells like a perm

 

that helps a **** ton! this is the first car i ever own as a manual, but i have a basic understand of what is supposed to be going on(army mechanic) and i know when something is not right...thanx

 

like a perm? haha. im not too sure what perms smell like, could you clarify that?

 

Don't worry about it man. My ss/sc is my first manual too and I've had a hiccup every now and then too. It's just part of the process

 

when i happened i logged on and i read a thread about how to shift to keep the clutch at ideal temperature and its been working fine....normally i would shift way before 3k

 

ive been driving standard for about 3 years now and i still stall every now and again, no ones perfect.

 

wheres that?

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/drivetrain-79/how-make-your-clutch-stop-slipping-find-out-inside-36130/

 

meaning your car prolly ended up in limp mode

 

well i couldn't feel it when i had the stock motor and trans mount in when i was racing a loud ass civic then i got the mounts n crap in and i could actually feel and hear it.. i only did it once so i new if i could feel it but i know how to shift so yea.... these clutchs a a little wierd but able to handle 285ft/lbs of tq