A clutch that vibrates and gets louder is never a good sign for the driver. But what can be done to be able to try to solve this problem, and understand what it may depend on ?
Below you will find the most common reasons why a clutch can vibrate, with consequent ways to solve this nuisance. We therefore advise you to read them carefully and, if in doubt, take the car to your trusted mechanic in order to proceed with the correct analysis of the malfunction complained of.
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1 Incorrect driving
2 The clutch is misaligned
3 The clutch vibrates and is also very noisy
4 The car jumps
An incorrect guide
Let’s start by specifying that the clutch is certainly one of the elements of the car that wears more quickly. One of the most traditional and recurrent reasons why this injury can be verified is the bad driving style , which can damage the flexible coupling, which obviously has the task of avoiding (in fact!) The jerks and guaranteeing better comfort for the interior of the passenger compartment.
The problem can be avoided by trying to avoid driving of this type, containing jerks through acceleration and deceleration with low gear at medium-high rpm.
The clutch is misaligned
Another common reason for vibrating friction is a friction that is out of alignment with respect to what should be verified. When the clutch makes abnormal movements with respect to its regular operation, and becomes misaligned with respect to the gear shaft, even if slightly, it could be the body of the flexible coupling that will suffer the first repercussions. The reason often lies in the wear of the thrust guide bearing, which could itself be damaged.
Therefore, while driving the car tends to oppose more resistance than normal.
The clutch vibrates and is also very noisy
Often it can happen that not only the clutch vibrates, but is also very noisy. For what reason?
We have already partly mentioned one of the causes of this noise, namely the clutch thrust bearing which is worn. To understand if this is the source of the noise, it is sufficient for the mechanism to disassemble the gearbox and look for anomalous areas of wear. Because of these particularly worn areas, in fact, the bearing could find a greater movement and therefore move even in the rest position, generating harmful rubbing.
The car jumps
If while driving and using the clutch you realize that the car jolts, the cause is almost certainly to be found in the misalignment of the clutch disc with respect to the gear shaft. This condition should not be underestimated, because during operation it can file and damage the coupling grooves with the thousand lines of the gearbox.
In any case, we remind you that – beyond the reasons behind the problem – this condition should never be underestimated, because it could endanger driving safety.
So, in case you realize the presence of a vibrating clutch or a particularly noisy clutch (often these two characteristics are present at the same time!) Our suggestion can only be to take the vehicle to your own immediately. trusted mechanic, so that he can make a careful and accurate diagnosis of what happened to your car, and how to proceed with the removal of these problems.
In most cases it will be necessary to replace the worn or damaged component, but it is also not excluded that the interventions of your mechanic may actually be less invasive.
In any case, we advise you to intervene without delay, in order to improve the level of comfort and safety while driving.
