legacycentral bbs

I had to put a new clutch in my car about 6 months ago. It is OEM spec, I presume, but it has to be aftermarket. I already have a creaking noise when I push the pedal, it doesn't engage in the same place all the time, and it make strange squeaking noises when it's cold. No slipping, though.

Have I ruined this clutch already (only has 5k miles on it)? And if so, what would be a good replacement? I want a little more grabbiness than what I have now, but I don't want to replace motor mounts left and right (no stage 2's or anything like that )!

Probably is the throw out bearing......it should've been replaced with the clutch.....but if they cheap skated it......then that's probably the noise.

If you can, look back at your invoice....see if throw out bearing was included. If not.....that's most likely your problem.

The clutch itself may be ok....don't know....

I had a feeling it was the TOB. But unless I'm damaging a perfectly good clutch, I'm not gonna pay that much money to drop the tranny and check it.

I got a really good price on the install, so ya I probably got screwed. They charged me $560 when others quoted me $1100 !

Another noise... When the car's sitting in neutral (clutch engaged), there seems to be a clacking noise from that general area, like something's loose in there and is being flung around, no rhythm to it, is this also the TOB?

It sounds like the snout on the transmission is worn and the t/o bearing is flopping around on it. The usual fix for this is to replace the transmission case. We have a stainless steel sleeve that will fit over the snout and lock in place, this will repair this problem without replacing the case and comes with a new t/o bearing. It looks like this will also cure clutch chatter in the cases we have seen so far. We also have a modified cylinder that will cure the low disengagement point that is very common in std transmission n/a cars and all of this makes a smooth properly working clutch.
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I think that encompasses most of my problem, the noise, the clutch chatter (which is when the clutch jerks the car forward during engagement, right?) and the low disengagement...

When you said "cylinder" are you talking about a master cylinder? coz I have a cable, not hydraulic, clutch...