clutch life

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Last year i installed a new clutch in my daily driver a 1996 nissan presea its now a month before the clutch is a year old and it has to be changed its causing me alot of money. Is this normal?

How long does your clutch last?

What could be wrong? Could it be something else wrong with the car.

Thats all.


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well, the 1989 bmw 325i im currently driving has 198,780 miles on the original factory clutch...

there has to be something else wrong. did you break the clutch in properly?

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Clutch break in is very important. If you're too hard on it when you first start using it, it will drastically shorten the life of the clutch.

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how do u do that

Run it at low rpm first?

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don't run it hard at all for... 300 miles was it? 300-500

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SPEC said 500. Not quick/hard shifts and no full throttle runs.


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