clutch noise and slipping
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:14 pm
Hi Ken,
No experience with the Elan, but mechanically something is keeping the
pressure plate from full engagement, hence your clutch slippage. The
noise could be a broken pressure plate finger, or more evil yet a
flywheel bolt come adrift, which could be quite nasty.
Most pressure plates are way too simple to allow for moving bits when
they fail, and I'm not familiar with the Elan pressure plate's
particulars, but if a finger breaks off (how could that happen!) it does
have to wind up somewhere.
The noise is an indication of something rattling around in there and
potentially acting as a machine tool on your flywheel face, meaning
immediate attention required. Sorry if it cuts your driving season
short.
-- Doug Nicholls, 54/1822 Ma~
No experience with the Elan, but mechanically something is keeping the
pressure plate from full engagement, hence your clutch slippage. The
noise could be a broken pressure plate finger, or more evil yet a
flywheel bolt come adrift, which could be quite nasty.
Most pressure plates are way too simple to allow for moving bits when
they fail, and I'm not familiar with the Elan pressure plate's
particulars, but if a finger breaks off (how could that happen!) it does
have to wind up somewhere.
The noise is an indication of something rattling around in there and
potentially acting as a machine tool on your flywheel face, meaning
immediate attention required. Sorry if it cuts your driving season
short.
-- Doug Nicholls, 54/1822 Ma~