Was test driving an e36 with 118k on stock clutch and whenever i pushed it all the way down it would make a whirling noise, didn't hear anything when i initially depressed it or when i pushed it half way down. It has a clutch stop thing as well at the bottom but i noticed the plastic thing was broken not sure if the clutch is suppose to go farther then the clutch stop.
Also whenever it made the whirling noise you wouldn't be able to shift in any gear that's when you pushed the clutch all the way down like i mentioned above, but it would shift smoothly if u pushed it in halfway to the clutch stop. Not sure if it's the throwout bearing im guessing not... or maybe it is, either way its annoying if u push the clutch in hard all the way down u will end up grinding the gears/synchros
Last edited by 240SS; 09-22-2018 at 07:09 PM.
If the stop is gone then the pressure plate fingers may be going in too far and could be contacting the clutch hub.
Unlikely it is a problem with pedal assembly.
My vote is the due to broken clutch stop, pedal is going too far as stated above.
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*BUMP* (for a slightly different question but i didn't want to create another thread for it)
So was test driving another e36 and i can't seem to get into 1st gear/1st gear grinds when going from 2nd -> 1st at like 10 mph with the clutch pushed in (yes i pushed the clutch all the way down when trying to go from 2nd -> 1st, but the gearbox wudn't let me engage 1st). Was worried i broke it, so i didn't bother trying to double clutch like when u put it from 2nd -> neutral -> 1st.
But what does this when i can't go into 1st gear when going 10 mph+ with clutch pushed in, gearbox is broken?
If I'm going 10+ I use second. Why go to first? I wouldn't be surprised if you can't go to 1st easily at much more than a roll. Sounds normal to me even though it's synchro'd. Did you try rev matching?
True but i was in traffic so it was force of habit lol.
What do u mean it's synchroed im guessing that it means the synchros are bad lmao.
No i didn't try rev matching because it wudn't go into 1st gear like i said but if u meant reving it in second then trying 1st no i didn't do that either.
My first gear tops out at like 15-20 mph. Really doesnt like shifting into it unless im almost at a dead stop. Try double clutching next time
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Your rpm is too low. While holding clutch (coming from 2nd) blip the gas and try to go from 2nd to 1st
Um... Whats the significance of blipping the throttle when clutch/gearbox is disengaged it shudnt help me shift any smoother into first.. . Ill try double clutching it or whatnot next time
I think the synchro is toasted in first like the other guy mentioned
Last edited by ultimatetester; 10-19-2018 at 02:40 PM.
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