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XrayMD · 9th October 2002, 01:48

OK! I've heard that if you don't break in the M5 clutch properly, you'll ruin it for the life of the clutch...something with the pressure plate. This supposedly is the problem with some M5 clutches that slip. I leased an M5 with about 8500 miles on it and I can make the clutch slip between 2nd & 3rd by stepping on the gas hard before the clutch is let out all the way.

So, if this is true, and I decide to replace my clutch, what is the "proper" way to break in the clutch so this doesn't happen again?

Thanks!

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XrayMD m5board.comoholic (>1000 posts) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Marietta, OH Posts: 1,553 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Proper way to break in the Sachs clutch? OK! I've heard that if you don't break in the M5 clutch properly, you'll ruin it for the life of the clutch...something with the pressure plate. This supposedly is the problem with some M5 clutches that slip. I leased an M5 with about 8500 miles on it and I can make the clutch slip between 2nd & 3rd by stepping on the gas hard before the clutch is let out all the way. So, if this is true, and I decide to replace my clutch, what is the "proper" way to break in the clutch so this doesn't happen again? Thanks! __________________ Steve '02 M5 LeMans Blue: Active Autowerke CAI/brake ducts Supersprint Headers and cats SuperSprint exhaust with X-pipe Evosport custom 3.45 diff. with 30% lockup and 2x dynamic lockup UFMotorsport intake air temp sensor relocation Powerchip Gold (SS header/cats version) Ignition Solutions plasma coils Dinan Stage III suspension BeastPower sway bar brackets Dinan front strut tower brace Stoptech Custom Silver Big Brake kit (fronts) RMS short shifter Rogue Performance transmission mounts, Royal Purple Synchromax fluid Llumar window tint (35%) Last edited by XrayMD; 9th October 2002 at 01:50.