This might sound like a dumb question but something wrong with my car. Whenever I shift and find a friction point, if I give it too much gas (which really isn't much in this case) i hear a grinding sound (almost like gears grinding), is my clutch about to go is someting else wrong?? Thanks for the help.


[Modified by rurkster, 4:20 AM 4/30/2002]

 

im not an expert or anything but i've driven on clutches that were almost dead. in fact now the clutchmasters stage 3 in my crx is almost completely gone. basically when you shift and give it gas it'll slip..its very obvious. the rpm's will rise and the car won't go anywhere. it will take a few seconds for it to engage. with the crx i was at the point where from a stop, in 1st, i would start up and it would take 10-15 seconds for the clutch to actually engage. so basically i would be sitting there with the car barely moving and the clutch not engaging..and then about 10 seconds afterwards it would finally engage and i could go. if i give the car any more than 25% throttle it'll slip even when im not engaging the clutch. i can be driving along in any given gear, press the gas, and the tach needle would just shoot up and the car doesn't go anywhere. that's a slipping clutch.

 

good LORD! now here is a guy who gets his money's worth out of a clutch!

 

Your clutch disc is probably going to go bye bye pretty soon. The hubs loosen and the springs are liable to pop out of the disc