My old Astra had a new clutch in about 10,000 miles ago. Recently it started to slip on occasions - then today whenever I lifted the clutch into 1st gear the car would judder. After it's in 1st it works fine, all shifts smooth, no slipping or noises. I also noticed today that if I hold it on the clutch on a hill for even a second, there's a pretty nasty irregular clunking sound.
Any ideas what's going on here?
Broken engine or gearbox mount.
Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines
drive plate fitted the wrong way round?
Sounds like whoever fitted the clutch has strained the diaphram springs during fitting, and now it's got weak it's slipping/disintegrating. Possibly one of the "fingers" of the diaphragm broken off.
Take it back. A new clutch should last way more than 10K miles.
Steve
Unfortunately, this seems fairly normal for vauxhalls replacement clutches. I had the clutch replaced 3 times in the same car (corsa), and they all juddered when the clutch got hot ie: after a lot of traffic use. The last one was even a Borg & Beck. It still juddered.
I don't know what causes it. Perhaps the flywheel get distored when it heats up?
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