# Signs of a bad clutch **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 4, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832 "2004-12-04T14:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rrk5485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rrk5485](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rrk5485)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/21 "2004-12-06T20:40:09Z")
> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#): > > so? you mean to tell me dsms are the only ones who make enough power to spin their stock disks on stock pressure plates? Dsm’s just do it easier than most other cars, because their stock clutch is designed to slip on a launch, rather than snap the tranny. So to get it to not slip you need a little technique. Its this way on most awd cars. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/22 "2004-12-06T20:50:35Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > You told me that you changed your clutch a month ago anyways, and it was a warranted repair. Need a replacement already, or just bs? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/23 "2004-12-06T21:21:16Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > You told me that you changed your clutch a month ago anyways, and it was a warranted repair. Need a replacement already, or just bs? stock clutch replacement… yes went bad already they dont last to long with higher power levels bunch of cobra guys blow out stock clutches in a few thousand miles while pullied, so quit being a know it all 😉 and yes the Cobra clutch is warrantied for 12,000 miles… but since I have 13,025 miles, I’m a little SOL now. edit: I had my original one replaced because my TOB went bad, and theres an active recall on those right now p.s. stick with dsm’s kid ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/24 "2004-12-06T21:34:38Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > Dsm’s just do it easier than most other cars, because their stock clutch is designed to slip on a launch, rather than snap the tranny. So to get it to not slip you need a little technique. Its this way on most awd cars. Did the dealer offer a Haynes manual or a Chilton manual back in the day? I didnt see DSM on the thread topic, me no care. ---
**Author:** ![rrk5485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rrk5485](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rrk5485)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/25 "2004-12-07T09:42:44Z")
> [@Blue4](#): > > stock clutch replacement… yes went bad already > > they dont last to long with higher power levels > > bunch of cobra guys blow out stock clutches in a few thousand miles while pullied, so quit being a know it all 😉 > > and yes the Cobra clutch is warrantied for 12,000 miles… but since I have 13,025 miles, I’m a little SOL now. > > edit: I had my original one replaced because my TOB went bad, and theres an active recall on those right now > > p.s. stick with dsm’s kid No you said you replaced the clutch with an aftermarket one, as a warrantied repair. I am not Bullshitting, just repeating things that you said. :bluez28: ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/26 "2004-12-07T15:38:24Z")
and while you ford guys keep throwing stock clutches at your cars because “the pressure plate is never the problem” us dsm guys will sit back and laugh because we know what the problem is and you won’t listen ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/27 "2004-12-08T05:57:05Z")
> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#): > > and while you ford guys keep throwing stock clutches at your cars because “the pressure plate is never the problem” us dsm guys will sit back and laugh because we know what the problem is and you won’t listen 🤣 you sir are wrong 151k on my stock one quality and quanity, something the dsm never had :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/28 "2004-12-08T06:23:10Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > 🤣 you sir are wrong 151k on my stock one > > quality and quanity, something the dsm never had :kekegay: LIKE THE RIGHT BALL JOINT! :blue: ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/29 "2004-12-08T06:24:21Z")
yep 151k without grease fittings too :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![rrk5485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rrk5485](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rrk5485)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/30 "2004-12-08T12:35:48Z")
**F** ix **O** r **R** epair **D** aily I owned a 87 GT mustang before. I had to have the transmission replaced because I snapped the weak 3rd gear of the T5. Which was a stock replacement at 60k miles, because of the same problem the previous owner had. I had to change the fuel pump because the fuel pumps I guess just stop working after 80k miles. This happened even to my friends car at 80k miles. It had ignition problems because of a bad connection on the distributer. It burned oil, suspension sucked, and would get sideways everywhere, and driving in the snow was out of the question. This was all on an 80k mile car. I owned the car about 8 months and needed a lot of other routine maintenance…but things like transmissions, I wouldn’t consider routine. So I wouldn’t really say ford was on par with quality with the 5.0 mustang. Maybe your experience is different. ---
**Author:** ![blackfive-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blackfive-o](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackfive-o)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/31 "2004-12-08T12:40:08Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > **F** ix **O** r **R** epair **D** aily > > I owned a 87 GT mustang before. I had to have the transmission replaced because I snapped the weak 3rd gear of the T5. Which was a stock replacement at 60k miles, because of the same problem the previous owner had. I had to change the fuel pump because the fuel pumps I guess just stop working after 80k miles. This happened even to my friends car at 80k miles. It had ignition problems because of a bad connection on the distributer. It burned oil, suspension sucked, and would get sideways everywhere, and driving in the snow was out of the question. This was all on an 80k mile car. I owned the car about 8 months and needed a lot of other routine maintenance…but things like transmissions, I wouldn’t consider routine. > > So I wouldn’t really say ford was on par with quality with the 5.0 mustang. Maybe your experience is different. 187,000 on my 88 5.0, all I changed was a water pump. :stick: ---
**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/32 "2004-12-08T13:56:49Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > 🤣 you sir are wrong 151k on my stock one > > quality and quanity, something the dsm never had :kekegay: and i put 160 on my stock one…so what…your car isn’t making the kind of power that jay is so your example = poop ---
**Author:** ![rrk5485](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@rrk5485](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rrk5485)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/33 "2004-12-08T14:42:56Z")
> [@blackfive-o](#): > > 187,000 on my 88 5.0, all I changed was a water pump. :stick: Find this very very hard to believe. :bsflag: ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/34 "2004-12-08T14:45:28Z")
> [@blackfive-o](#): > > 187,000 on my 88 5.0, all I changed was a water pump. :stick: Mine lasted to about 120k, $29 fix :bigok: ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/35 "2004-12-08T14:46:18Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > Find this very very hard to believe. :bsflag: this is Domestics ,please leave! :bj: ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/36 "2004-12-08T14:48:22Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > **F** ix **O** r **R** epair **D** aily > > I owned a 87 GT mustang before. I had to have the transmission replaced because I snapped the weak 3rd gear of the T5. Which was a stock replacement at 60k miles, because of the same problem the previous owner had. I had to change the fuel pump because the fuel pumps I guess just stop working after 80k miles. This happened even to my friends car at 80k miles. It had ignition problems because of a bad connection on the distributer. It burned oil, suspension sucked, and would get sideways everywhere, and driving in the snow was out of the question. This was all on an 80k mile car. I owned the car about 8 months and needed a lot of other routine maintenance…but things like transmissions, I wouldn’t consider routine. > > So I wouldn’t really say ford was on par with quality with the 5.0 mustang. Maybe your experience is different. Routine on transmissions are normal. Its all about maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/37 "2004-12-08T14:50:13Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > **F** ix **O** r **R** epair **D** aily > > I owned a 87 GT mustang before. I had to have the transmission replaced because I snapped the weak 3rd gear of the T5. Which was a stock replacement at 60k miles, because of the same problem the previous owner had. I had to change the fuel pump because the fuel pumps I guess just stop working after 80k miles. This happened even to my friends car at 80k miles. It had ignition problems because of a bad connection on the distributer. It burned oil, suspension sucked, and would get sideways everywhere, and driving in the snow was out of the question. This was all on an 80k mile car. I owned the car about 8 months and needed a lot of other routine maintenance…but things like transmissions, I wouldn’t consider routine. > > So I wouldn’t really say ford was on par with quality with the 5.0 mustang. Maybe your experience is different. see DSM owner fucking other rides up. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/38 "2004-12-08T14:52:21Z")
> [@Quik](#): > > see DSM owner fucking other rides up. damn half breeders :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/39 "2004-12-08T20:10:08Z")
> [@rrk5485](#): > > Find this very very hard to believe. :bsflag: the Ford OHV 5.0 has been known as one of the most extremely reliable motors in history ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_WS6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Silver\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_WS6)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832/40 "2004-12-08T20:18:26Z")
> [@SHAG](#): > > Routine on transmissions are normal. > > Its all about maintenance. to much power it broke it !! 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/signs-of-a-bad-clutch/170832.md?page=3)