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Has anyone NOT had any clutch problems?

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#1 OFFLINE   sudden

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 08:25 AM

I have been driving my 08 GT 500 for a while now and it seem that the clutch is working just fine.  I am waiting for problems , but none so far.  I have 20 k on the car.   Has anyone not had any clutch problems?   SUDDEN.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 08:48 AM

none here man....although its a 600lbs. gorilla in my trunk...Im always thinking about it.  12k miles so far...knock on wood.
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 09:00 AM

My 07 SS is still working . 11650 miles, Knocking on wood too.
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 09:01 AM

none here.  2009 built 9/08/2008. I only have 2100 miles on the car, but everything working well so far.  I am fixing to start driving the car much more as soon as warm weather gets here.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 09:08 AM

NONE here either, 5,500 miles.  We'll see how it stands up to the KB stage 3.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 09:13 AM

none at almost 3 years and 5800 miles....
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 09:27 AM

(knocking on wood)..none here, 6,700 miles
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 10:39 AM

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 11:06 AM

Not intending to pee on anyone's parade here, but the avarage mileage when the clutch decides to retire is about 19,000 miles. Mine went south at 18,000, and others here have lost theirs as high as 23,000.
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 11:41 AM

Mine's good- over 11k miles. But Doh:Posted Image

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Not intending to pee on anyone's parade here, but the avarage mileage when the clutch decides to retire is about 19,000 miles. Mine went south at 18,000, and others here have lost theirs as high as 23,000.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 11:59 AM

2007 with 728rwhp and still running the stock clutch   :shift:

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 12:23 PM

A number of burnouts when it was new and no problems (5200 miles) other than the annoying 1-2 shift grind when it is cold.

At this point if she does go I think I'll use the entire 2010 package.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 01:28 PM

so far so good, just like day one............but the Spec kit is waiting in the basement :)
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 04:23 PM

09 4500 miles no problems so far  :lurk:

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 04:47 PM

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 05:28 PM

So far, so good..... No TSB ....... 3 years, 5500 miles. :hide:
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 05:56 PM

Had TSB done around 4,000 Km have 4,500 on it 07`. Took pictures of old clutch & flywheel looked in good shape checked for warpage on flywheel with straight edge it showed none,but the spline shaft had rust on it.I suspect I would have eventually had problems.   New clutch pedal  feels easier to operate . No problems with the new one.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 06:59 PM

No issues. Only 6850 miles (800 as a Super Snake).
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Posted 15 March 2010 - 07:13 PM

So far, so good with 3500 miles. This has a fair amount of city & stop/go traffic, very little highway. It took a while to learn to use this car's clutch, though, but it got easier after the first thousand miles. I'm not sure if it was me learning, the break-in, or probably a combination of the two.

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Posted 15 March 2010 - 07:52 PM

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