Why are they normally replaced as a set? IE Clutch, pressure plate & thrust bearing?

I'm asking this due to a clutch beggining to slip on my MR2 turbo. I hardly use the car except for track days. Is there a way to check if the pressure plate is still usefull?

best to replace the whole lot tbh as its so much hassle would you want to later have to change the thrust bearing half way through the clutch's life?

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Originally posted by thepest
Why are they normally replaced as a set? IE Clutch, pressure plate & thrust bearing?
probs casue they all wear. modern clutches should do 100 k miles and modern FWD cars are such that is it a right bugger to replace the clutch or parts thereof, so as Whipster says, you don't want to do this more than you have to.

I'm asking this due to a clutch beggining to slip on my MR2 turbo. I hardly use the car except for track days. Is there a way to check if the pressure plate is still usefull?
how many track days? car components take a beaing when o nthe track so it is not a fair comparison to road driving, unless you loon around.

check that the clutch pedal is correctly adjusted first. thnk the only way to know for sure is to take it out.

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its annoying when your clutch is made up of 3 different cars, but if it was a standard car then you wouldn't want to have the clutch plate out to replace, then find the thrust bearing or cover needs replacing 2 months later

4 track days.... the clutch arm is hydrolic so when pressure is released the arm totally releases the pressure plate. Ah well looks like I have a B&^%h of a job replacing it.... if only it were half as easy as my locost....

Thanks guys