Diagnose my clutch over the internet

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by Plaz

Sure, but I'm well out of warranty. And my guy does have loaners. (A couple of E46 325s)

IIRC, dealerships also charge roughly twice as much for the job. The point that the dealer work/new parts are covered by some level of warranty is valid, though.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Plaz

Sure, but I'm well out of warranty. And my guy does have loaners. (A couple of E46 325s)

Sounds good ... but keep in mind my car was a 1995 NSX and way out of warranty ... the work was done in 2014 or maybe 2013 and I paid for the original clutch to be replaced but once they did the work it was warrantied ... in other words I paid for the clutch but once they did the work the work itself was warranted for 12 months if I remember correctly whatever was wrong was covered under the warranty

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Originally Posted by Plaz

The most noticeable manifestation of the problem is when starting from a stop in 1st. As I engage the clutch and lift the pedal through the bite point, there's often (though not always) a good bit of "judder" for lack of a better term -- it almost feels as if it's not two parallel planes coming together. Then, almost every time, there's a delay from when I've come up fully through the bite point and when the whole mechanism feels as if it has locked... at which point there's a delayed (not super harsh, but present) "thud" as the whole system is finally working together properly. I have not had any problems or signs of unusual behavior on any other shifts -- only when launching.

The Mini has started doing this too. I have also started bumping up the revs at launch to try to avoid this. Guess I'm getting a new clutch soon.

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by jpgurl

The Mini has started doing this too. I have also started bumping up the revs at launch to try to avoid this. Guess I'm getting a new clutch soon.

Or not. If you can live with / drive around the juddering, you could have tons of life left in the clutch. The dual mass springs seem to wear out a long time before the clutch disc itself does most of the time.

[Plaz]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Or not. If you can live with / drive around the juddering, you could have tons of life left in the clutch. The dual mass springs seem to wear out a long time before the clutch disc itself does most of the time.

Yeah, it is more annoying than anything else. It's still perfectly functional, and if that is the problem, I'm less concerned that it's an omen of imminent failure.

[clyde]

I shudder all day at work. Oh, that probably doesn't help.

[Plaz]

Originally Posted by AF

Sounds good ... but keep in mind my car was a 1995 NSX and way out of warranty ... the work was done in 2014 or maybe 2013 and I paid for the original clutch to be replaced but once they did the work it was warrantied ... in other words I paid for the clutch but once they did the work the work itself was warranted for 12 months if I remember correctly whatever was wrong was covered under the warranty

Yeah, I was misunderstanding the warranty thing, you guys were saying the work is warranteed (sp?). I get what you're saying now. I'm not sure what route I'll take yet.

Originally Posted by clyde

I shudder all day at work. Oh, that probably doesn't help.

You might have some deposits of foreign material that need to be burned off too.

[rumatt]

Originally Posted by Plaz

You might have some deposits of foreign material that need to be burned off too.

That sounds racist.

[rumatt]

Think it's fixed for real?

[Plaz]

Originally Posted by rumatt

Think it's fixed for real?

It hasn't been long enough that I don't think about it when launching anymore, but I haven't felt the symptoms.

When I forget about it then I'll know it's fixed.