Hey everyone,
Had the strangest problem recently - The clutch for one feels lighter and like poo when i press and release the pedal, the car feels like it 'jumps' a bit as you feather it out taking off (works best on grass for some reason) however drives perfectly for every other gear.
A few symptoms im hoping someone can help me with.
1. Can hear a ticking sound coming from down the passenger side front (where the transmission would be) which reminds me of the sound of a hot car cooling off, however the ticking is faster and almost sounds like pieces of metal flinging around in fluid. To go with this is a bit of a rough metal on metal sound, although very quiet and difficult to hear.
2. As you take off, taking the clutch out, only SOMETIMES it feels as though it grabs for a split second well before the engagement point of the clutch.. actually a good example is if you rode the SHIT out of the clutch with high revs - thats how this feels however without reving much. Almost as if you can picture a big cog with teeth, and it has this one particular tooth you can 'feel' but only once or twice as you take it out.
3. As it does this slip/grind/weird thing, you can hear a really loud crunching coming from the transmission area, however this ONLY happens as you take off and if you happen to make it do what its doing.
All of this happens FAR easier on grass - the more load there is on take off the bigger the effect.
Every other gear works fine. I cant replicate the problem in reverse, not even on the grass. At first i didnt think it happened in 2nd either, and im still not sure, because if it does its not very easy to notice, the judders are FAR less pronounced - to an extent im not sure if this its doing it or if thats just the usual feel of my clutch.
I took it to my mechanic who, when i showed him a VERY good example of the issue (after about 10 take-offs it finally did a BIG one) he said in all his years he had never heard something quite like it, and that it's definately mechanical and would have to pull things apart (gearbox/diff) to know exactly what it could be. He said it could be a pinion or something.
I was really hoping it might be broken engine mounts / my rooted control arm bushes, as i have the parts to replace these..
I was hoping the enlightened and very bright community here might have a bit of an idea on what the HELL is going on with my shitbox
Could it be a clutch issue if it feels only first gear is doing it? Transfer case? Front diff? Surely it couldnt be the gearbox as supposedly they're bulletproof?
Oh one last point, im not sure when exactly this started happening, probably about a week now. Worst thing i've done is in the wet on the grass giving a bit of throttle for a powerslide in my back yard - hardly a big one though, and i was far from sideways. Could i have broken something then? It's gradually getting worse.
Save me - im stuck driving a 92 Subaru Brumby till it's back on the road...... It's aweful. Too scared to drive the VR4 in fear it will break any day now.
Edit - if you can help me with a better worded title, i'd be very grateful
Had the strangest problem recently - The clutch for one feels lighter and like poo when i press and release the pedal, the car feels like it 'jumps' a bit as you feather it out taking off (works best on grass for some reason) however drives perfectly for every other gear.
A few symptoms im hoping someone can help me with.
1. Can hear a ticking sound coming from down the passenger side front (where the transmission would be) which reminds me of the sound of a hot car cooling off, however the ticking is faster and almost sounds like pieces of metal flinging around in fluid. To go with this is a bit of a rough metal on metal sound, although very quiet and difficult to hear.
2. As you take off, taking the clutch out, only SOMETIMES it feels as though it grabs for a split second well before the engagement point of the clutch.. actually a good example is if you rode the SHIT out of the clutch with high revs - thats how this feels however without reving much. Almost as if you can picture a big cog with teeth, and it has this one particular tooth you can 'feel' but only once or twice as you take it out.
3. As it does this slip/grind/weird thing, you can hear a really loud crunching coming from the transmission area, however this ONLY happens as you take off and if you happen to make it do what its doing.
All of this happens FAR easier on grass - the more load there is on take off the bigger the effect.
Every other gear works fine. I cant replicate the problem in reverse, not even on the grass. At first i didnt think it happened in 2nd either, and im still not sure, because if it does its not very easy to notice, the judders are FAR less pronounced - to an extent im not sure if this its doing it or if thats just the usual feel of my clutch.
I took it to my mechanic who, when i showed him a VERY good example of the issue (after about 10 take-offs it finally did a BIG one) he said in all his years he had never heard something quite like it, and that it's definately mechanical and would have to pull things apart (gearbox/diff) to know exactly what it could be. He said it could be a pinion or something.
I was really hoping it might be broken engine mounts / my rooted control arm bushes, as i have the parts to replace these..
I was hoping the enlightened and very bright community here might have a bit of an idea on what the HELL is going on with my shitbox
Could it be a clutch issue if it feels only first gear is doing it? Transfer case? Front diff? Surely it couldnt be the gearbox as supposedly they're bulletproof?Oh one last point, im not sure when exactly this started happening, probably about a week now. Worst thing i've done is in the wet on the grass giving a bit of throttle for a powerslide in my back yard - hardly a big one though, and i was far from sideways. Could i have broken something then? It's gradually getting worse.
Save me - im stuck driving a 92 Subaru Brumby till it's back on the road...... It's aweful. Too scared to drive the VR4 in fear it will break any day now.
Edit - if you can help me with a better worded title, i'd be very grateful
