Ok with this being my first look at a clutch I'm not sure what i'm looking at. It looks pretty warn down to me but I just want to know if I've been had by the dealership.

Disclaimer: I got my 04' coupe used and I personally only put 3k on it and it had 18,000 at the time this was changed.






Let me know what you guys think... especially the techs out there.

muchas gracias

 

It's hard to tell by looking at pics. How did it feel? You did complain about something, right? 18K is early for clutch change unless it was abused by previous owner and you had pedal chatter or slippage(when rpm goes up but ar seems sluggish)
After all-you already paid for it, why worry? Enjoy your new clutch!

 

I'm just curious if i've been had. I actually don't like my new clutch install because it feels more like it slips with the new one than with that old one.

the dealership said that the clutch was catching really high and that it was going to start slipping soon. I didn't feel any slip or chattering on the old one but i do now on the new one. its going back to the dealership this week to get checked unless someone says otherwise that slippage and chattering is ok during a break in point. i really have no idea about how to break in a clutch or if you need to at all.

 

Looks like you got some pretty good scorch marks on your clutch cover plate there. Seems like the clutch was abused beforehand. Did you get your flywheel changed too? Or did the dealer have to resurface the flywheel?

 

he said the flywheel was fine but i don't remember if he said he had to resurface it or not.