Is my clutch slipping?

superstock · 07-09-2008

i dont know what wrong with my car. I think the clutch may be slipping. Sometimes when im driving and im coming to a stop light or stopping and i push the clutch in and **** to first the gears grind and i know i have the clutch fully depressed. Dont know if anybody can help me. but i dont ride the clutch or prolong letting it out from starts so i dont think its burned please help

**stlwagon** · 07-09-2008

Sounds more like the slave cylinder may be going..

superstock · 07-09-2008

the car only has 10,000 miles on it. if it is that what would have caused that?

jaystar86 · 07-09-2008

hmmm.... i dont know much but from the sounds of it... i dont think your clutch is slipping... usually from what ive experienced or know... you will start to get 'sticky' gears and your clutch itself start to get a higher or lower 'rumble point'.

Something else to watch for is after you shifter gears and hit the gas do your rps's all of a sudden drop and then start to go back up...

anyhow... so let me get this right... your saying you got sticky gears right?

more info would help too if somone knowledgeable decides to post up... what year is your car.. and how many k you got on the current clutch?

**stlwagon** · 07-09-2008

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Originally Posted by superstock

the car only has 10,000 miles on it. if it is that what would have caused that?

Slave cylinders usually last about 80K but who knows. If it were the clutch slipping, you'd notice that on launch.

superstock · 07-09-2008

its a 2007 with almost 10,000 miles on it. its brand new. my rpm dont drop when i shift gears just trying to shift into first like at a stop light sometimes the gears grind and i know i got the clutch all the way down.

superstock · 07-09-2008

it doesnt do it all the time but i still dont like it doing it. it cant be good especially in such a new car. i guess ill have to see

jaystar86 · 07-09-2008

yah.... what stlwagon said... i don't think your clutch is slipping... it sounds like something else.

**stlwagon** · 07-09-2008

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Originally Posted by superstock

its a 2007 with almost 10,000 miles on it. its brand new. my rpm dont drop when i shift gears just trying to shift into first like at a stop light sometimes the gears grind and i know i got the clutch all the way down.

That sounds like a possible transmission synchro problem..

superstock · 07-09-2008

if it is out of sync will it get worse and start to do it more?

**stlwagon** · 07-09-2008

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Originally Posted by superstock

if it is out of sync will it get worse and start to do it more?

It will not improve over time. The synchros may need replacing..

Salvatorey · 07-09-2008

hmmm, thats scary, almost like the clutch isnt all the way in when you switch gears..hmm..Warranty?

jaystar86 · 07-09-2008

stlwagon is probably right.... on my car before when the gears were getting sticky everyone thought it was the syncro's exept i started to get clutch problem symptoms... but if you just have sticky gears it might just be the syncro's... get it checked out under warranty while it still is.

superstock · 07-09-2008

if your asking if im still under the warranty yes i am. that what i kind of thought i thought if there was a clutch adjustment it needed to be adjusted. it once in a while though but if it get worse i'g going to have to take it in

superstock · 07-09-2008

thats probably what im going to have to end up doing