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  1. 10-29-2005, 11:11 PM #1
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    i'm installing an exedy clutch in my 98 civic(b16a-gsr tranny) for the break in period can i just get on the interstate and ride the fuck out or do i have to drive in the city where i'm shifting gears??? please let me know asap!!! thanks.
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  2. 10-30-2005, 01:07 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by got2hit9K
    i'm installing an exedy clutch in my 98 civic(b16a-gsr tranny) for the break in period can i just get on the interstate and ride the fuck out or do i have to drive in the city where i'm shifting gears??? please let me know asap!!! thanks.
    logic would tell me in order to wear it down a little (break it in) you would need to shift gears (as in pull the disc off the flywheel then put it back against the spinning flywheel multiple times)...but i guess you could drive down the interstate with your foot on the clutch holding it down a couple inches (good way to roast the flywheel and burn up the disc though).
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  3. 10-30-2005, 01:51 AM #3
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    just drive 500 miles of city driving..i drove about 400 miles of everyday "city(suburb)" driving. then took a 600 mile trip to the beach to break in my exedy stage 1.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brads94accord
    just drive 500 miles of city driving..i drove about 400 miles of everyday "city(suburb)" driving. then took a 600 mile trip to the beach to break in my exedy stage 1.

    Thats good advice, I was gonna suggest the same 500 mile break in period.
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    With all of my cars that i've gotten clutches installed in, I always suggest a total of 1000 miles of hwy/city combined.

    I'm just cautious like that.

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    I just put one in my CRX, i am shifting at 3k for 500 miles 4k for 400 miles and so on...

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    thanks people!
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  8. 10-30-2005, 11:29 AM #8
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    when I installed my CC 6puck I drove it for 500 miles on the highway then like 200 city miles (stop and go).
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    thought that 6 pucks dont need break in periods.
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    what do u need to break in clutches for??
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    some clutches come broken in already
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    you break in a clutch so the disk and pressure plate wear into the flywheel evenly, and you also need to make sure the material on the disk is broken in.

    some material, like Kevlar, doesnt need to be broken in
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