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screeching/rubbing noise when releasing clutch
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Lately ive noticed, more usually in the morning when the car is cold, as i start lifting my foot of the clutch, at the point where it just grabs on, it makes a light screeching/rubbing noise and then goes off once my foot is off completely. doesnt feel like my clutch plates are gone or slipping, theyre grabbing strong. Anybody know what this could be?
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#2
Throwout bearing????
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#3
aghh, was just hoping it wouldnt be that. i thot TOB would make noise when in neutral too. Mine only makes noise just when the clutch is starting to grab..
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#4
Let someone else chime in - you know me I'm no expert.
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#5
anybody any clue what it could be..? TOB Sad ?
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#6
its the tires, to much torque......lol...naw....i have no idea....id have to
drive it to know....
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(10-22-2011, 09:48 PM)buzz2.0 Wrote: its the tires, to much torque......lol...naw....i have no idea....id have to
drive it to know....
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#8
if it tob, might as well get a new clutch... you need to take the whole thing apart to get to it anyway
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(10-22-2011, 11:34 PM)patrick23 Wrote: if it tob, might as well get a new clutch... you need to take the whole thing apart to get to it anyway

True. How bad is it to drive with bad TOB?

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#10
it's either a throw out bearing, or..........
you picked up a squirrel from the cruise!!
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(10-20-2011, 10:04 AM)arpaul15 Wrote: Lately ive noticed, more usually in the morning when the car is cold, as i start lifting my foot of the clutch, at the point where it just grabs on, it makes a light screeching/rubbing noise and then goes off once my foot is off completely. doesnt feel like my clutch plates are gone or slipping, theyre grabbing strong. Anybody know what this could be?

Based on this description it sounds like a problem that happens just at the point where the friction material engages the flywheel - so think in terms of worn, contaminated or glazed clutch disc ... I've even heard of worn motor mounts causing unnatural noise from the clutch, but I have no idea how that might work.
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(10-23-2011, 02:56 AM)ZTWsquared Wrote:
(10-20-2011, 10:04 AM)arpaul15 Wrote: Lately ive noticed, more usually in the morning when the car is cold, as i start lifting my foot of the clutch, at the point where it just grabs on, it makes a light screeching/rubbing noise and then goes off once my foot is off completely. doesnt feel like my clutch plates are gone or slipping, theyre grabbing strong. Anybody know what this could be?

Based on this description it sounds like a problem that happens just at the point where the friction material engages the flywheel - so think in terms of worn, contaminated or glazed clutch disc ... I've even heard of worn motor mounts causing unnatural noise from the clutch, but I have no idea how that might work.
Hmm...thnx ken. It didnt even make any noise today the whole day and ytday, maybe once. Im gonna have to ask my mechanic to look at it.

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