Did i break something?!
#1
Did i break something?!
So last night i was backing up from a steep driveway. It was kinda tricky cause i had to maneuver to avoid hitting other cars. I have a gsr and im doing the whole clutch rev thing to keep my car from stalling(normally situation). Ive backed up before but never this steep. After doing so i notice a smell more like a burnt plastic smell, not clutch smell i dont think(dont really know now a burnt clutch smell like). It went away after driving home. Could i have damage something? transfer case maybe? Im able to drive maybe even better now. Clutch feels lighter, jerky-ness from shifting is gone...which is a good thing. normal or should i be worry. im about 32k miles so might be the clutch.
#2
Newbie
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
sounds like you were starting to roast your clutch. if its not slipping under a load i wouldn't worry about it.
yeah, its stock. and yea you worked it pretty hard depending on how you were backing out of that drive way. i wouldn't worry about it man.
yeah, its stock. and yea you worked it pretty hard depending on how you were backing out of that drive way. i wouldn't worry about it man.
#5
Evolving Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Eastvale, CA
Posts: 163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yeah that was definitely the clutch. it'll produce that smell especially when trying to keep revs up like that. but like mentioned, if you're not slipping, you should be okay.
#6
Evolved Member
iTrader: (14)
Def the clutch.. I'm on 33k on the stock clutch too.
If you can go WOT through a gear a two and it drives normal, then your fine. The only thing you hafta look for after something like that is your clutch slipping.. (when you mash the gas and the rpm's shoot up but you aren't going anywhere)
If you can go WOT through a gear a two and it drives normal, then your fine. The only thing you hafta look for after something like that is your clutch slipping.. (when you mash the gas and the rpm's shoot up but you aren't going anywhere)
Trending Topics
#8
Evolved Member
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Central, NJ
Posts: 510
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
soft clutch? sounds like stock clutch line expansion I get a softer clutch too while reversing up my steep driveway or holding it down at this one light in heavy traffic not being able to see the other lights changing around.
#10
Ya it sounds lime you take it pretty easy on your clutch, a little slip like that every so often isn't a big deal. You just heated it the friction material too fast and it glazed the surface from the heat, some normal driving should wear the glaze off. If you do it too often you'll permanently glaze the disc and create hot spots on the pressure plate and flywheel. 32k is pretty good for a stock evo clutch from what I've read, good luck hitting 50 that would be the highest I've personally heard of.... Although I don't know too much, still an evo noob
#12
So last night i was backing up from a steep driveway. It was kinda tricky cause i had to maneuver to avoid hitting other cars. I have a gsr and im doing the whole clutch rev thing to keep my car from stalling(normally situation). Ive backed up before but never this steep. After doing so i notice a smell more like a burnt plastic smell, not clutch smell i dont think(dont really know now a burnt clutch smell like). It went away after driving home. Could i have damage something? transfer case maybe? Im able to drive maybe even better now. Clutch feels lighter, jerky-ness from shifting is gone...which is a good thing. normal or should i be worry. im about 32k miles so might be the clutch.
I'm at 21k miles car is bone stock.
Last edited by naveed80; Dec 29, 2012 at 02:27 PM.
#14
Evolving Member
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 436
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you get some clutch cookage the smell can linger for a good long while (days). You might have taken some life off the clutch, but if it drives fine that's all you did, no big deal.
#15
Newbie
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 94
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I get that smell too you guys are describing from the clutch when I don't release the pedal all the way while I'm backing up my driveway, it smells so bad, what the heck is the stock clutch made out of?