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Just How Bad Is It For The Clutch To Ride It?

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I'm in a situation where i have no choice but to ride the clutch, I try to keep it at a minimum, but it's just not possible not to ride it at times. ie, reversing a boat up a hill...

It shudders a lot and makes some ill noises. I'll be getting either a KB organic, or NPC organic at some point.

But just wondering how bad it is in the meantime?

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Question is to open ended really.

It depends how much you ride and/or slip etc. Everyone drives differently as well.

I know a few people who've worn out 2 clutches in the time it's taken me to strip half a plate. Clutch type also makes a difference as well as stated.

Either way they are a plate surface, rubbing causes wear.

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As people have said, it's the length of a piece of string.

If you have a cushion button, that isn't so bad; they are quite close to an organic. You can get away with slipping these more than you can a traditional button setup. Just make sure you use enough (not heaps of) revs when slipping it. Anything around 2000-2500RPM is quite alright. Too little RPM is what gives you the shudders and near stalls etc., too much will burn it.

AngryRB Grand Master

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when i had one of those button clutches, it was not the clutch i was worried about with the shudder, it was the whole gearbox and driveline, diff .

Jarr's the crap out of the whole driveline, im sure if i left it in for long enough and slipped it long enough i was looking at a gearbox rebuild, took it to a gearbox shop and they laughed and said, mate thats not a clutch you want for the street!

ARTZ Grand Master

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How to Reverse with button

Clutch in

Clutch out

Clutch in

Clutch out

Clutch in

Clutch out

Easy, think of it as leg exercises you lazy basterds :D There is nearly always a way to avoid riding the clutch and you should always adhere to do so..sometimes yes it is unavoidable, like reversing a boat up a hill..Unfortunately that is one of the hidden costs of boat ownership the boat salesman didnt tell you about..as long as these times aren't too regular it shouldn't be too much of a problem...but if you can smell clutch, you are probably doing some damage

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

Dose Pipe Sutututu

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How to Reverse with button

Clutch in

Clutch out

Clutch in

Clutch out

Clutch in

Clutch out

Easy, think of it as leg exercises you lazy basterds :D There is nearly always a way to avoid riding the clutch and you should always adhere to do so..sometimes yes it is unavoidable, like reversing a boat up a hill..Unfortunately that is one of the hidden costs of boat ownership the boat salesman didnt tell you about..as long as these times aren't too regular it shouldn't be too much of a problem...but if you can smell clutch, you are probably doing some damage

that's how I do it too, feather the clutch not the accelerator lol

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that's how I do it too, feather the clutch not the accelerator lol

i like to feather the clutch if im reversing for more than five meters, but feathering the accelerator sounds cooler

Randon_I_Am Veteran

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please tell me the boat thing was just an example.. and you dont actually use a skyline as a towing vehicle

I expected to have to get the flame suit on far sooner than this!!!

Yes it is true... I was down to only 2 options, Sell the line and get an M35 (as i really want to stay with the Skyline-ish model) or just tow the thing with the 34.

It actually goes really well and the faces on people when i overtake them is priceless :D

Also the boat is only a little tinny together with the trailer weighing only 600kgs...

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