Clutch Engagement Grinding

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Oct 19, 2013 | 04:51 PM

Chrisrokc

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Clutch Engagement Grinding

This morning I was driving and I was having clutch chatter. This is fairly normal for my McLeod RST w/ stock flywheel. Decided to press the clutch in and out a few times while rolling in 4th. Then I come to a stop light.

When I took off from the light the car made a grinding noise while I engaged the clutch. This is VERY different from the chattering I normally hear. It is coming from the flywheel clutch area. If I am rolling in 1st or 2nd and depress the clutch peddle I can hear it as well. On the highway I don't hear or feel it.

Thoughts? Looks like I am going to have to drop the drivetrain... Not looking forward to that.

Oct 19, 2013 | 07:29 PM

Will's'74VetteL-82

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Maybe the throwout bearing is bad? I know they can grind and the sound can go on/off depending on how the clutch is engaged.

Will

Oct 19, 2013 | 09:34 PM

Chrisrokc

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Thats what I was thinking since it seems to happen at low speeds and usually just after and during engagement.

Anyone else had experience with this? I guess I will start the process of dropping everything this week.

Oct 20, 2013 | 12:35 PM

C5Conrad

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Your same symptom is what's happening in my DD- 01 audi a4. I was told throwout bearing as well. I don't even know what the throwout bearing does, anyone mind explaining it?

Oct 20, 2013 | 04:06 PM

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It basically just places a linear load on the clutch's disengagement "fingers", releasing pressure between the friction disk and the fly wheel.

Nov 13, 2013 | 09:18 AM

Chrisrokc

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Thought I would update this for the future searcher. It ended up being a bad pilot bearing.

Mar 26, 2014 | 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrisrokc

Thought I would update this for the future searcher. It ended up being a bad pilot bearing.

my 02 is doing same thing can you say how much this costs please or are you doing it yourself?

Mar 29, 2014 | 01:06 PM

Chrisrokc

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Originally Posted by odiedj8

my 02 is doing same thing can you say how much this costs please or are you doing it yourself?

Bearing is like 13 bucks. I did the labor my self and ended up going with a TR6060 Trans and Diff in the process.

I would guess the labor for the repair would be around $1000 or the same as a clutch swap. The clutch must be removed to get to this bearing.