so the past few days my clutch has been squeaking sometimes when it is depressed...then the last time i drove it (4 days ago) i could feel alot of vibration through the clutch pedal. Well yesterday the weather was nice so i decided to take it out for a lil bit.. i washed it, put gas in it, and drove about 5 miles, and i was in 4th gear, pulled it out to put it in neutral and it came out really harshly as if i wasnt even using the clutch...i released the pedal and it barely came up at all. i pressed it down again and it was really stiff, squeaked, and i tried to press it down more and i heard a grinding noise so i didnt bother with it any more, and just coasted into a parking lot. I tried to start it about 30min later and it wouldnt even turn over. I also noticed right before it happend i was idling in a friends driveway and with it in neutral without pressing the clutch i could hear a rattling noise that wasnt too loud, but i could hear it over my car with open exhaust cutout. Any ideas on what this could be? I was thinking possible slave cyl, or throwout bearing. Someone else also suggested a bad flywheel. Clutch/trans/motor all have 6k miles on them. and clutch is a spec stage 2. Thanks,
James

 

slave cylinder sounds like a good culprit. It very well might be the master cylinder too though. How new is the clutch in the car? The rattling sounds like a bad throwout bearing but with a bad slave and no pressure on the fork, it could make some strange noises.

 

my mechanic jsut called me, he said my engine might be seized. I know it isnt though b/c it was idling right before i shut it off and the oil level and everything is good. Any ideas before the tranny gets dropped?

 

Either way, I think you are going to have to drop the trans. It is something with the clutch assembly.

 

just got back...he said slave cylinder, but now the problem is seeing what caused it to fail...he thinks i could have broke afew teeth on the clutch? this is going to cost me around 1200bux damnit..good thing i paid attention to everyone else and kept a daily driver lol

 

this happened to me and i essentially blew up the clutch. clutch had material left but just broke apart. this was on a stock clutch however, but same symptoms.

 

pull the trans yourself and see. its not that hard by yourself. sound like the clutch went bye bye