Towing a standard shift
After 10,000 miles of flat-towing my Subaru standard shift, we needed to replace the clutch asssenbly ($900). We set everything right prior to towing. Does anyone else have this problem? Moved to Di...
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vic46 wrote:naturist wrote:
Clutches generally wear out because drivers (a) sit at stop signs and traffic lights with the transmission in gear and their foot on the clutch (wears out the throw-out bearing); (b) release the clutch way too slowly while revving the engine up on takeoff from rest; (c) drive with left foot resting atop the clutch pedal, resulting in continuous slippage.
With the engine shut off and the transmission in neutral, no part of the clutch assembly should be rotating while towing. I, too, doubt very much than any distance towing was the cause of the problem.
Not sure your (a) is factual. I had a Chev Beretta with a 5 speed manual transmission that I put 225,000 kilometres on and the clutch was never touched, or the engine for that matter. I would guess that at least a third of those klicks were city driving with the normal amount of start and stop city driving.
(a) was referring to throw-out bearing wearing, not clutch. Throw-out bearing essentially sits and spins when sitting still and clutch pushed in.
