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Can I Prevent CSC Failure

Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 True, but IMO the worst thing that can be done, which I bet most people do because of the Z's shitty clutch feel is to hit

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Old 02-26-2015, 05:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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True, but IMO the worst thing that can be done, which I bet most people do because of the Z's shitty clutch feel is to hit the pedal to the floor. I bet I can make a CSC fail within 3000 miles if I continuously slammed the pedal to the floor
Sorry for the thread revival, but I'm just now reading this and had no idea pressing the clutch to the floor in between shifts was bad for the car! I have been doing this all my life and its hard to break this habit, and is just another thing I have to think about while shifting. Has anyone put some sort of object behind the clutch pedal that will block the clutch pedal from hitting the floor board, allowing the pedal to be fully pressed while not *actually* being fully pressed? Or does the RJW clutch assembly feature an adjusting mechanism such as this?

Thinking about getting the RJW, Z1 SS clutch line and putting in some AP Racing Dot 5.1 in there to buy myself some more time. Any other easy mods that doesn't require taking apart the trans to help delay CSC failure?
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I have a question regarding this too.

Is this an issue for all model years, or has it been addressed over the years?
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I have a question regarding this too.

Is this an issue for all model years, or has it been addressed over the years?
Nissan hasn't done $hit about it. It was a problem in some earlier 350Z's as well until they switched to an external slave cylinder in later models. But they went back to the crappy internal design for the 370Z and haven't changed anything yet.
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If you're within the 30K miles bumper-to-bumper warranty when it fails, they should cover it no problem.

Outside of that, the CSC coverage is referred to by some as "good will" coverage. Basically meaning that if you spend a bunch of money on maintenance at the dealership, they're more likely to cover it. If you don't do maintenance at the dealer (like me), then even within the Power Train warranty they will likely deny your claim.

**edit** if you do all your maintenance at the dealer and they still deny your claim, fight tooth and nail to get them to cover it. Bitch to the dealer and corporate both until they cover it.
Let's say it fails under warranty, isn't Nissan just going to put the same crappy part back in?

When Nissan released the TSB about switching to the GTR clutch fluid, wasn't that supposed to be a fix or was it just a band aid?

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Let's say it fails under warranty, isn't Nissan just going to put the same crappy part back in?
Yup!

A few people have actually had their dealer install the ZSpeed HD CSC under warranty labor but without offering further warranty support for the install because it's aftermarket. But those particular dealers seem to be few and far between. Most dealers won't touch aftermarket parts.

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When Nissan released the TSB about switching to the GTR clutch fluid, wasn't that supposed to be a fix or was it just a band aid?
Band-aid. I'm sure they were hoping the GT-R fluid didn't get dirty as quickly, but the fact is the CMC and CSC designs are fuckin terrible. Period.
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by habit, i always hit the floor with the clutch pedal everytime i shift. if i sit far back enough to make it difficult to floor the clutch then accelerator control feels weird.

68000km and still on the original master. had one csc replaced due to disappearing fluid with no visible leak (odd) but the csc never completely failed
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