R56 Mini Cooper S Clutch - High Biting Point

[gregives]

Hi All!

I bought my Cooper S about 9 months ago and I've been loving it ever since! I've noticed lately through driving other cars for work etc. that my clutch bites quite high in its travel. The car has only done 49k and I've hardly been giving it a hard time, most of it's time with me has just been pootling to and from work along A-roads.

Is it normal for the clutch to fail at such a low mileage?

For reference, it's a 2008 car and I've covered about 5k in it.

[paulmon]

Completely normal. I had similar concerns with my JCW when i bought it with 14000 miles on the clock. The general consensus is "they are all like that"

[gregives]

That's put my mind at ease, at least there's probably nothing wrong with it.

I can go back to looking at go faster bits again not clutch kits!

[Lohen]

gregives said:

Hi All!

I bought my Cooper S about 9 months ago and I've been loving it ever since! I've noticed lately through driving other cars for work etc. that my clutch bites quite high in its travel. The car has only done 49k and I've hardly been giving it a hard time, most of it's time with me has just been pootling to and from work along A-roads.

Is it normal for the clutch to fail at such a low mileage?

For reference, it's a 2008 car and I've covered about 5k in it.

Quite normal and not unusual for the Dual Mass Flywheel to fail, too. Check out some of our Helix options for R56 - if you're putting extra power through the engine, this clutch upgrade and possibly a Quaife Diff would be worthwhile!