Clutch Wear on Gallardo

[drinkstuff]

Hi,
I have just purchased a Gallardo and have concerns over clutch wear, has anyone any experiences of what to do and what not to do to avoid unnecessary wear. Thanks in advance.
Scott

[drinkstuff]

Apologies, forgot to add it's an E-Gear.

[UH-Matt]

What % if it currently warn?

The cars hate to be reversed up inclines and on full lock, if you can avoid this then your clutch will last a lot longer.

When coming to a stop do not ever change down to 1st gear, go from 2nd to neutral if necessary.

I always ran in sport mode, I think it reduces the slip on the clutch.

Be positive when pulling away, minimise the amount of slip, it can often be worse to pull away slowly than pull away positively.

And then just some common sense will help - such as when stuck in traffic do not creep along on and off the gas, build a gap and try to drive in a fully engaged gear as much as possible etc...

[drinkstuff]

Thanks Matt, that's great advice.
Bought the car a month ago and the dealership fitted a new clutch as it was 60% warn.
When you say on "full lock" do you mean when steering?
Scott

[V10 BAT]

Yeah thanks Matt.
Scott, steering on full lock rubber going sidways ish,more friction for the clutch to overcome.
I think.
Yeah neutral is your best friend at the lights,when stationary.
cheers

[drinkstuff]

Thanks, most helpful

[iandc]

If its a new clutch you should have no worries as the latest version lasts a lot longer than the early ones. Do as Matt says and you can forget about needing a new one for ages. The latest ones are good for at least 30,000 miles if used properly according to the service guys at Lambo.

[drinkstuff]

30,000 miles would last me a good many years
Cheers guys.

[UH-Matt]

Yes regarding full lock you are adding loads of additional friction the car needs to overcome to start pulling.

I had to replace the clutch on my Egear after 11,000 miles because unfortunately both the previous owner and myself had steep inclines to reverse up on full lock to park the damn car.... Possibly the worst combination to do and having to do it twice everytime I went for a drive

F430 seems a lot better at it and after 9k miles the clutch is only 9% warn so I am hoping for good things from it

[lordbluf]

drinkstuff said:

Hi,
I have just purchased a Gallardo and have concerns over clutch wear, has anyone any experiences of what to do and what not to do to avoid unnecessary wear. Thanks in advance.
Scott

never reverse up a hill. It's tantamount to burning £20 notes on a bbq......

[drinkstuff]

Again, thanks for the good advice, all seems to make sense.
Appreciated !

[RevHappy]

lordbluf said:

never reverse up a hill. It's tantamount to burning £20 notes on a bbq......

Even worse on a icy hill.