Is it normal for the clutch to sound like something is scraping? A day after the clutch install I noticed a sort of scraping sound underneath the hood. Sounded like the clutch or flywheel is scraping something. Is this normal for a brand new clutch? I have yet to break it in still. I get it on cold starts usually.. and after a few mins of driving it goes away. When I push the clutch all the way down it goes away. Watcha think? Normal or should i call the shop? Thanks folks.

might want to put this in the tranny section.

I would say it isnt that serious if it goes away once it warms. A lot of people report chlutch chatter and with the same simptoms as you ( it goes away when you press the clutch in and once its warm).

Did you bleed the slave cylinder?

If it was an awful sound or if it did it constantly I would check your bolts and how everything went back together.

Did you replace the throwout bearing?

Also did you compare the 2? sometimes they send one thats different.

sounds like a dirty tob (or not lubed)

i have a spec stage 2 and it never sounds like it's "scraping" it clunks when it grabs hard and you can feel it but i never hear a scraping sounds or anything similiar to that. Good luck with finding out the problem.

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i am defintely agreeing with everyone above on a problem with the tob.

do u have any chatter or problems engaging the clutch? Rough engagement under load or when slipping it in low RPM's? When i got my spec clutch it came with a new TOB though.


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Clutch works perfectly.. i luv it.. juss that damn chattering scraping type noise bothers me.. shouldn't a shop know to change a throw out bearing? i'm not sure if my clutch came w/ one.. i already broke it in w/ 600 miles.. thought it'd calm down by that time.. but still does it on cold starts .. still think it's the TOB?

mine has no chatter and never any problems in the cold, must be ur TOB.

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Dont be surprised. A lot of them dont really care.

I would have looked at your old one and the new one and made sure they look the same and have the same dimensions.

other than the noise.. is it bad to just leave it?