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Topic: Clutch rattle
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wadeb3
Gearhead Posts: 168
From: Winston-Salem, NC
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 12-04-2006 10:55 AM
 
Hye, y'all. I looked real quick for this on the board and didn't see anything that descirbe my noise exactly.
Anyhow, I've got this little tinkling/rattling noise that seemes to be coming from my clutch. Not a squeal or high-pitched at all. Hard to tell exactly but it sounds like it's coming from the bell-housing. It rises and falls with the engine RPMs, though. Seems a little worse with the clutch engaged. But the clutch movement and gears seems to have no effect on it. Only RPMs. It's as dead-on as a tachometer, this sound.
First thought was pilot or release bearing. But I looked in my old '68 shop manual and there was a section in the book that talked about engine noises being transmitted through the bell-housing/clutch, and it recommended adjusting the clutch to give a little more play in the pedal at the bottom. Haven't done this yet, but was wondering if any of you had some experience with this particular racket.
Thanks!------------------
Wade
'67 A-code Fastback "Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware"
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266
Journeyman Posts: 12
From: Columbus,NE
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted 12-04-2006 11:19 AM
Check your return spring to make sure it did not break or come unhooked.
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wadeb3
Gearhead Posts: 168
From: Winston-Salem, NC
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 12-04-2006 11:27 AM
Return springs are still in place. Haven't really inspected them, though. I suppose they could have slipped or moved and be laying up against something to make that noise. Thanks for the tip, 266! I'll check that out tonight.------------------
Wade
'67 A-code Fastback "Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware"
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zieber
Gearhead Posts: 172
From: Central Coast, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-04-2006 12:09 PM
Any new parts? My new clutch rattled at first when depressed but the sound quickly went away and never returned.------------------
1968 Mustang 428, 4-spd,
not original, $1200
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wadeb3
Gearhead Posts: 168
From: Winston-Salem, NC
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 12-04-2006 12:30 PM
I replaced the clutch back in the spring, and it was fine all summer and fall. This just started about a week ago.
And sometimes it will just stop for a minute or two, then start again. Crazy. I guess I just need to get uner there and lay hands on stuff. The only thing is, it doesn't do it at idle. I have to rev it a little to hear it. But I can hear it plain as day going up through the gears. At speed, though, it goes away (or either gets too fast to hear). At first I thought it was just rattling in my dash. But I crawled all over the place yesterday and feel 99% sure it's from the bell-housing area. I suppose if I can't find it, I'll just keep driving it until it gets unbearble. Or breaks down...------------------
Wade
'67 A-code Fastback "Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware"
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