Clutch vibration like its grinding gears....but the gear isnt even engaged????? wtf?

[IwantMKIII]

So i noticed if the clutch is getting hot i get a strong vibration in the clutch as i let it out. I sounds and feels like its grinding a gear....but it does it when a gear isn't even engaged???? what the hell is going on here?

If i press in the clutch all the way its okay, but once i hit the point where it would normally grab if it was in fact in a gear it starts grinding? If i let it out all the way it stops the noise.


suggestions?

 

[7M-fanatic]

Well, what ever it is, it's not right, and got to come out..........
Do it before you trear somthing else up.

 

[wiseco7mgt]

ive seen this before in a car when they put the clutch plate in back the front but since yours has been in for a while id be guessing its either worn out and your getting metal clutch pad rivets scratching your flywheel or maybe youve lost or are in the process of a broken or dislodged clutch plate spring.Just a guess, when you pulling it out?

 

[IwantMKIII]

ive seen this before in a car when they put the clutch plate in back the front but since yours has been in for a while id be guessing its either worn out and your getting metal clutch pad rivets scratching your flywheel or maybe youve lost or are in the process of a broken or dislodged clutch plate spring.Just a guess, when you pulling it out?

Dont know. I don't have any place to pull it here at school. The clutch holds fine and doesnt slip at all. The vibration only happens if it heats up.

Example: on a steep hill and need to let the clutch out slowly so you dont stall, depending how long i need to burn up the clutch thats when the vibration will start to take place. It goes away in a few minutes of cooling down.

 

[SPD TRP]

Dont know. I don't have any place to pull it here at school. The clutch holds fine and doesnt slip at all. The vibration only happens if it heats up.

Example: on a steep hill and need to let the clutch out slowly so you dont stall, depending how long i need to burn up the clutch thats when the vibration will start to take place. It goes away in a few minutes of cooling down.

Are you sure that what you are feeling isn't clutch chatter or shudder?
It will feel like an uneven and un-smooth engagement.

 

[aberabee]

sounds like clutch shudder to me...but its funny that it only happens when its warm...

 

[IwantMKIII]

sounds like clutch shudder to me...but its funny that it only happens when its warm...

correct me if im wrong but clutch chatter to me is more choppy engagement accompanied by vibrations, like a shuttering as if you let the clutch out too quick. This is a straight grinding noise accompanied by vibration even if the gear is NOT engaged remember

 

[SPD TRP]

correct me if im wrong but clutch chatter to me is more choppy engagement accompanied by vibrations, like a shuttering as if you let the clutch out too quick. This is a straight grinding noise accompanied by vibration even if the gear is NOT engaged remember

So are you saying if in neutral and you press and release the clutch, you get a straight grinding noise?

If so, I would lean more towards your problem residing with the clutch and/or transmission, with the clutch components being the first place I would start probing.

Wayne

 

[aberabee]

touche,
the grinding wouldnt be a symptom of clutch chatter.

the only other thing i can thing of is that the clutch is not disengaging all the way...

 

[IwantMKIII]

So are you saying if in neutral and you press and release the clutch, you get a straight grinding noise?

Wayne

yes

 

[IwantMKIII]

touche,
the grinding wouldnt be a symptom of clutch chatter.

the only other thing i can thing of is that the clutch is not disengaging all the way...

but the shifter is clearly out of gear?