Hello, Going to be a new F430 Spyder owner soon. So my question is when I am looking for the right car what is the average life span of the clutch I have seen cars with 7,500 miles with the clutch already replaced and others with more miles with clutches with 50% left. Any help would be appreciated!!
Really depends on how the car was driven. Also, I heard you don't wear the clutch down to nothing... that they are typically replaced with 40%-50% life left.
Lots of threads here on clutch life. It boils down to this: Learning how to properly drive an F1 transmission. And that is not to mash the pedal until the clutch is fully engaged. Clutch slippage is common when engine and transmission is cold. Ensure engine and transmission is fully warmed up before driving spiritedly. Avoid backing up as clutch slips badly when in reverse going uphill. Avoid uphill too if you can. Based on my own personal experience and what I've read here, clutch on an F430 can last between 20K miles and 45K miles. Dan
In my case it wasn’t a worn out clutch disc, it was the pressure plate that failed (broken spring “fingers”). Many of these cars are only driven a few miles a year. So while clutch assembly may only have 7k miles registered, it might have been over a 10 year time period. The pressure plate & throw out bearing are under a constant load, even at rest. The truth is while the cost is considered higher than the average car, it’s not like you’ll be replacing it every couple years
Mine was sticky release bearing, wore a clutch from 76% to 91% in 600 miles (7 months). I've just been and checked the old clutch and it and the release bearing are dated 06, so they're original to the car (07) which had done 25k, so I suppose it's not ba going. I've just measured the old clutch plate and its 5.59mm I don't know what the new measurement is, but there are still deep grooves on the face, so you could be correct, this is supposed to be 91% worn
The F430 is not as bad about wearing the clutch in reverse as the 360 because the gear ratio for reverse was increased numerically (lower ratio) compared to the 360. The F430 also has a twin plate clutch, similar to the 599 clutch, which is tougher than the single plate clutch fitted to the 360. Driving F1 is half art and half science, so reading threads on how to drive F1 for maximum clutch life would be very helpful.
Excuse for my bad english My 430 i change my clutch 5 years ago to 36000 km and now i have 69000 and i have just 12% use Montain road, national and hyghway , slow and fast drive.
So in the end ..like every other car ..20 k to 80k depending on how you drive it Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk
Yep, learn how to properly drive an F1 to get maximum life out of our clutch. Worst thing to do is drive it like a grandma always worrying about shortening clutch life. We need to drive these cars the way it's designed and meant to be driven or it's a complete waste of a high performance car. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
