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HELP! Did my clutch go bad!?

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Old 05-02-04, 01:15 PM
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Question HELP! Did my clutch go bad!?

just got my new tires on, driving home, decided to see how it marks into 2nd, it did, well... Now when i try to go from a dead stop and engage it will hesitate and make a clunking sound and the shifter shakes, and it wont go out of gear without a lil force , when i goto engage the clucth it barely goes in and when it does from starting in first it will agin clunk and shake the car a lil, what did i do? what am i gonna have to replace, i know the baring isnt makin any noise.. Please someone help =(
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Most likely you unsprung your clutch disk.

I wouldn't drive the car until you get the transmission out and look at the cluch/pressure plate.

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well if i was to drop the transmission, i would go ahead and replace the 3 main parts, the plates and baring. I know victoria british has a 3 n 1 kit says comes with cover , disc, and release baring, can someone recomend a clutch replacment type kit anywhere online that is better than stock? Thank guys your allways a big help!
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You match you clutch type to the style of driving and HP.
Example, if your car is within 15% of stock horsepower and you street drive a Mazda stock clutch or Dakin clutch package is fine.

If you race a Spec7/PRO7 then a 4 puck unsprung clutch with a stock pressure plate is a good choice.

If you are street driving you will want a light clutch pedal and a sprung clutch disk.

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same thing happened to me, the friction material separted from the clutch disk. If you have an old clutch disk that sat for an extended time the friction material could just fall off, that happened to me too with an SE that sat for a while.
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this is stil the orignal clutch and it sat for awhile , has 92k on it, i put the 2000 on it so far, drove it hard a few, maybe 20 times so i guess it was bound to happen
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