Average life for a Rover 75 T clutch.
 

Ok Guys......whats the average mileage I can expect from a replacement clutch.

Please dont say how long is a piece of string...I dont want chapter and verse just a estimate within 500 miles.

I dont tow and I dont drive mad.just normal running around....

Thanks

Bill

I would be disappointed with anything less than 60k miles to be honest with normal driving.

My Tourer is on its 3rd clutch at 125k, but I don't know how long the original rover clutch or it's LUK replacement lasted respectively. All I can say is that the LUK lasted at least 30k before I replaced it at 125k.

what parts of the clutch have been replaced and what problem are you experiencing?
Do you keep the clutch pedal pushed down and the car in gear when stationary?

macafee2

If you are talking about the Driven Plate then I would expect 70/80k. but the slave can go well before the Driven Plate some as soon as 20K

My diesel did 200k on its first one :eek:

Banana is still on her original one, and we are on 209.744. Not bad for a 1.8t.

17 head gaskets but one clutch :getmecoat::getmecoat::getmecoat:;)

The factory stuff was pretty good wasn't it Bob? Wish we could get similar quality nowadays.

4 HGF’s and 1 replaced after the radiator failed. That was done as peace of mind.

82,000 on the original clutch, will see how long the replacement lasts.

I was taught not to keep foot on clutch and yes I notice those with brake lights on, do autos drive bad practice for this? I don't think drives care if they dazzle others with their brake lights.

macafee2

Nothing wrong with concentric cylinders per se but MG Rover should have spent a bit more and specified decent ones for our cars.


I've never seen a friction disc anywhere near worn out when replacing a failed slave cylinder. There are 4 other hydraulic slave cylinders on our cars. Imagine if the brake calipers failed before they had even got through their first set of pads. :getmecoat:

This...
 

This was an original clutch at 125,00 miles and 13 careful owners in a standard 1.8. I reckon the load on a 1.8 is greater than a higher CC variant, more revs to move off = more slippage over time. I think this clutch did well to last so long.

Yes that was the original, no longer obtainable, new ones have springs on clutch plate, takes some getting used to the feel at first.

I replaced the clutch on mt ZT-190 at 70,000Miles (Mainly driven by previous owners)
I find that the people most careful with their clutch are either those who do their own work or those who have paid a lot of money in the past to have one changed. I am a blend of the two having paid $1600. to have the clutch done on my ZT because I was fed up after rebuilding the gearbox and changing the clutch on my MGF!:banghead:
Kind of makes me long for the days when I could change an MGB clutch in 2 hours with parts costing me $150.!

Rover 75 T Clutch
 

Well I can tell you...

30/6/2015

to

1/5/2020

59261 Miles new clutch

My experience is very similar. I bought the car at 61K miles in 2014 and the clutch failed several weeks thereafter. I then had a new clutch and slave fitted (believed to be a National set) which lasted until 107K miles (a few weeks ago).

I then had a LUK Repset kit fitted by the MG Rover Repair Centre in Wickford; hopefully that will outlast the National kit that it replaced. I changed the master cyclinder for a LUK original two years ago.

I am conscious of the need to leave the car in neutral with clutch up at the lights to reduce wear on the slave. I can't think that the puny plastic slave would fare well long term, absorbing all that rotational energy from the engine and dissipating it as heat when the pedal is depressed for prolonged periods.