Clutch Break In Period
 

I just had the SLP clutch, pressure plate and flywheel packaged installed and i LOVE IT!!!

i was wondering if anyone knew what the normal break in time was for a new clutch. the new rotors and break pads i installed a couple weeks ago have a 250-500 mile "bedding" period. I was wondering if new clutch "packages" have the same?

Most I have heard about call for 500 miles of easy driving. Check with the manufacturer to be sure.....

- Justin

My take on it is this: It's all about heat cycling. Like when you burnish brake pads, or ring and pinion gears. I'd imagine that you would have problems in two situations-

1.) If you don't drive the car hard enough to get it warm
2.) You drive the car too hard and you get it too hot.

after my clutch install i took it easy till the end of the street...

yea...to the end of the street...that is what i wanted to hear! lol. is there a "default" mileage?

using my method the clutch still grabs like a champ w/ 4800rpm launches

Depends on the manufacturer, SPEC (I know lots of people don't like them) clearly says in their destructions 400-600 miles, not highway miles though. Their website says tech dept said 600-800 miles....given the problems some people have with SPEC clutches I took the high side and put 800 miles of around-town type driving on the clutch before doing any type of aggressive driving....and no problems to report after 2 autoX events, 4 trips to atco, and numerous blasts on the street....

I'd say 500 is a good number....

Chris

i did 300 city miles, and i now have 6000 miles on my spec and so far so good

specs FTL! im gonna get a pic of it up here soon...

i got a spec clutch and i put it in drove it to the end of the block did a nice burn out and then went to etown still works fine

i got the centerforce in the night before pontiac day 2 years ago..put less than 50 miles on it driving to the track then made 11 passes..no problems as of yet about 100 runs later...

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I never got to break my spec clutch in ... it was defective and did this just pulling it out of the garage.....

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