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tim windmill

posted on 2/6/08 at 05:55 PM Reply With Quote
noisy clutch

zetec mated to a mt75 box. there is a heavy knocking noise when when the car is in neutral and ticking over, when i depress the clutch the noise goes and all sounds well, The car drives well and there is no vibration or anything through the clutch pedal. It has a new 1.8 clutch and flywheel along with the modified westfield release bearing and a new spigot bearing fitted to the crank, anybody any ideas before i split and investigate.
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big_wasa

posted on 2/6/08 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
with no pre-tension on the pedal the bearing rattles.

Fit a spring on the clutch arm to hold the bearing upto the cover plate

or ignor it

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tim windmill

posted on 2/6/08 at 06:06 PM Reply With Quote
that sounds like simple fix cheers
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tim windmill

posted on 2/6/08 at 06:07 PM Reply With Quote
that sounds like simple fix cheers
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bassett

posted on 2/6/08 at 07:07 PM Reply With Quote
On the Golf mines always rattled, when it came to replacing the clutch i fitted a new bearing as it was ruined, still rattles a minorly but shouldnt be anything to really worry about.





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clairetoo

posted on 2/6/08 at 10:02 PM Reply With Quote
I thought I had a noisy clutch - untill I checked the gearbox oil level........ Topping it up quietened things a little , but it seems my £40 ebay gearbox is a knacker
And I know its not the clutch bearing , its a concentric/hydraulic one with a built-in spring . It now makes the most god-awful graunching /rattling/rumbling most of the time , but goes quiet when the pedal is depressed .
I think the 997 mile trip to France , and some serious full throttle abuse have really killed it off now though





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tim windmill

posted on 3/6/08 at 08:44 AM Reply With Quote
ive got a spare gearbox so i will run it through summer and see if it goes bang and will change in winter
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