Clutch Issues

[W3asel]

Hey guys

Last night i was driving and i heard a loud pop / bang noise and then my clutch was really loose, it was changing gears for a while and then it could not get into first gear but the others where fine and they worked normally

anyone have any suggestionss?????

as i have been refining my manual driving skills lol i think i might have ended its life,

bit of a newbie on some parts of the car

help would be much appreciated as to what you guys reckon it culd be

im pointing to a blown clutch

thanks heapss......

[thommo]

how were you driving at the time? would be odd for it just to go completely during normal cruising.

have you checked your master cylinder reservoir? could have blown a line.

did it go bang on a big rpm 1st gear launch?

if the other gears are working fine, you may have farked something in the gearbox...

[Ruffels]

thommo clutches can go during any sort of driving... mine blew on friday and i was probably driving along doing 2k-2.5k changes

(read: granny driving)

the sort of stick i was doing the day before probably helped hurry along the death of the clutch how ever

im thinking something like the clutch master cyl?

dont know really mate... thommo could be right, could be something in your box

[thommo]

lol, just edited my post to say check the clutch master cylinder, then saw your post mark.

more often than not you will know a clutch is on the way out tho, generally there is a little slip before it dies completely

[W3asel]

thanks heaps guys

just had the mechanic look at it and he rang me

he said the gearbox seems fine but the flywheel is burnt to a crisp and the clutch is caput

so yerr getting a new flywheel and clutch

thank god nothing wrong with the gearbox

my driving wasnt too bad, but at the start it was a lil shocking

this is going back a few days, and lately it has been good

thanks heaps fellas

hope to see you on the road

[inissane]

lightened flywheel and heavy duty clutch perfect excuse

[W3asel]

im gonna get my mate to check it out aswell just to make sure the gearbox is not totally screwed, he wasnt home last night wen it happend, so hopefully he can let me know exactly what the problem is,

it has always been pretty difficult getting into first within 15min of driving, after that its easier........

the other gears are all fine and have no trouble

i just picked it up on friday, ggrrrr

[The Dan]

Why do you have to replace the flywheel, can they not machine it?

[W3asel]

thanks guys

but its more shit than i though, im gonna get another opinion from another mechanic i know,

i saw the flywheel and clutch

lets just say it was not pretty at all, as who ever drove this thing in japan did not change the trans oil or service the thing

they just thrashed it and dats it