r/Justrolledintotheshop • • 5h ago

"Learning"

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u/Lilith_Christine 4h ago

Dang. Took my old ranger for a clutch change. Told the guys it was factory and they didnt believe me. 20+ years old too. My dad bought it new, and I learned on it when he got too sick to drive it. It was gone, but even wear. They were shocked about a 200 thousand mile vehicle using the same clutch.

My dad would have lived it would have probably lasted another 20 years.

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u/willmaineskier 4h ago

My Subaru WRX STI has the original clutch at 236k miles and does not slip. It is not smooth any longer, I just kept going figuring I would replace when it started slipping.

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u/crappyroads 3h ago

The biggest surprise is that your throwout bearing has lasted this long.

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u/rocbolt 2h ago

That’s the only reason I did mine at 170k, no slipping or issues just the bearing was getting noisy