Clutch Replacement Recommendations GS

[maseratimike7]

Hi,

I just had a clutch ware report and it's currently at 8%.

With normal driving can anyone advise roughly how much mileage this will cover?

I am also looking for recommendations on where to get a new clutch fitted as this will be my first time changing it on the GS.

Cheers

Mike

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[spkennyuk]

Hi,

I just had a clutch ware report and it's currently at 8%.

With normal driving can anyone advise roughly how much mileage this will cover?

I am also looking for recommendations on where to get a new clutch fitted as this will be my first time changing it on the GS.

Cheers

Mike

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8% worn or 8% remaining ?

Tangs can fail before the actual clutch material has worn away and starts to slip.

The reality is the wear indicator is just a very rough guide and depending on which software they used to get the reading can throw up very different numbers.

Clutch can last anything from 20k miles approx to 50k plus miles. Really depends on driving style and if the tangs fail early mileage.

Drive it till it either starts to show signs of slipping or until it fails and wont select a gear. (Imho)

Where to have it done depends very much where you are in the country and i am sure you will get some suggestions of places that are close to you from other forum members.

 

[outrun]

I think the fact that you can (inaccurately) read the clucth wear to be more of a distraction than of much real value. If you think about it, you'd never even consider this on a manual car and just deal with the clutch if it started slipping, end of.

The batch of poor quality clutches seems to have been used up now and stories of sudden failures have dried up with them. ut

Lots of city driving and traffic crawling will wear it faster, as it will any clutch. Motorway miles and open roads should see much longer lifespans.

I'd drive one of these until symptoms appear, just as @spkennyuk says. Because until it shows a problem, there's not a problem.

 

[philw696]

Bang on the money there @outrun.
Having worked for the Dealer and taken many a reading giving you the information that a clutch is needed but on road test they are absolutely perfect.
Had two Maserati F1 cars and a Ferrari F1 too and I've never destroyed a clutch and all mine went on track where I drive hard as they are designed to do.
Ignore Auto mode and Enjoy.

 

[safrane]

As an example; I have had 3 coupės now and on average I got 1k miles for each 1% of wear across all 3 cars.

I had one clutch go at 48% with collapsed tangs.

 

[Nibby]

The batch of poor quality clutches seems to have been used up now and stories of sudden failures have dried up with them. ut

Is there any way of identifying a poor quality new clutch?
Bearing in mind the price of them and the work involved replacing them it would be good to have a photo of good and bad side by side.

 

[Zep]

Unfortunately there aren’t any outward signs, they look the same until they fail. But it’s been at least 10 years since the bad batch I’m told so check dates of manufacture if you can.

 

[Nibby]

Unfortunately there aren’t any outward signs, they look the same until they fail. But it’s been at least 10 years since the bad batch I’m told so check dates of manufacture if you can.

Cheers Zep.

 

[maseratimike7]

Thanks for the responses, the reading was 8% remaining but I don't have any signs of it slipping etc.

I'll keep driving it until I notice there is a problem, it's always driven in sport and never auto!

As based in the North East I will have to drive or transport the car to have the work done eventually so any recommendations would be appreciated

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[safrane]

8% left could be 0% or 18%... or more... its more of an estimate and just wait for the time it drops out of gear before you go for a swap.