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How to replace clutch and flywheel on a 997.1 C4S/C2S
Folks,
After reading Rotmilky tutorial (Rennlist) on how to change the clutch and being in the need to replace the clutch on my 2006 C4S, I decided to jump in this adventure with both feet and published a tutorial to help our small Porsche community.
Although this is not an easy task, it can be done with some help and access to a few tools. My admiration goes to Rotmilky for doing this in his garage and by himself.
awesome job on the write up and thanks for sharing. I recently had the dealer change my 2006 C4S clutch. Just did not have the time to do it myself and it blew up on me big time. I knew it was going bad and I did one too many aggressive clutch moves...
But I have a friend with a carrera who may want to do this job himself with my help, so hopefully this will come in handy!!
I like to return the favor of tutorials to the Porsche community in the best possible way. Hopefully, this write-up will help or decide some hands-on enthusiasts to tackle this project.
Overall, it is not a great saving money wise, to do it yourself, but for me it is paramount as I want to know how the car is designed and do the repair in the best possible conditions. It is also a way to know what went wrong instead of signing blindly a few thousands dollars bill.
The car was 67K miles when the clutch/pressure plate gave up. This is my first manual car to be so fragile (and I have had many that I took to 150K miles and plus) as I drive it in a very respectful and careful way. Tough luck, I suppose.
I like to return the favor of tutorials to the Porsche community in the best possible way. Hopefully, this write-up will help or decide some hands-on enthusiasts to tackle this project.
Overall, it is not a great saving money wise, to do it yourself, but for me it is paramount as I want to know how the car is designed and do the repair in the best possible conditions. It is also a way to know what went wrong instead of signing blindly a few thousands dollars bill.
The car was 67K miles when the clutch/pressure plate gave up. This is my first manual car to be so fragile (and I have had many that I took to 150K miles and plus) as I drive it in a very respectful and careful way. Tough luck, I suppose.
Yves
Well, you got about average miles out of yours. The dealer told me clutches last 60-70k for the average driver. I purchased my car with 6300 miles on it 5 yrs ago and My clutch blew up at 57k. A couple of the "fingers" on the pressure plate snapped. The disc and flywheel still had life left in them, but the pressure plate gave up the ghost early
I also track my car several times a year and I run the canyons a few times a month. I heal toe a lot on down shifts and I am also a "quick shifter". Comes from my days of track and drag racing back in the 90's I was bummed it gave out at 57k because it was a chunk of money to replace, but for my driving style I was not surprised when it did..
Fantastic work on the tutorial !!! just what I needed to get that additional push to do it myself
Great write up, I believe if you should work on the car yourself if you have the abilities. Bring you one step closer in connecting with the car. Besides I don't really trust anyone near mine been burnt too bad in the past with stealerships and so called mechanics.
Thanks again !!!
PS where can I get hold off a copy of the Porsche DVD, do you have a link etc..
I was bummed it gave out at 57k because it was a chunk of money to replace, but for my driving style I was not surprised when it did..
