Driving Habits that cause Clutch Wear.
< Back to Support page.Engagement and disengagement of the clutch causes wear on the friction material of the disc. The rate at which the material wears depends greatly on the driving behaviors and the conditions being driven in.
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Riding the clutch pedal
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High RPM Engagement
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Slipping The Clutch
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Lugging The Engine
Reduces the disc clamping force, the power from the spinning flywheel is not fully transferred to the disc causing premature wear of the friction material. When stationary and vehicle is in gear the clutch is disengaged. Leaving the vehicle in gear overloads the bearing excessively and will shorten the life of bearing. This can also create noise problems.
Over-revving and high speed downshifting can burst and crack friction material. It creates excessive heat and causes excessive loading of the disc. This can damage the disc hub, torsion springs as well as the clutch drive straps.
Slipping the clutch during engagement creates excessive heat damaging the disc friction material. It also damages and wears the clutch and flywheel casting faster.
This happens when the driver selects the wrong gear for the vehicles speed or load. At low speed or high load conditions a lower gear should be used to reduce the amount of torque applied to the clutch.