Important! : bad clutch noise, got the clutch off. few pics....

1. mcjacko1987 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Rochdale Posts: 1896 mk2 saxo 1.4 furio in possi blue

   #1 2nd April 2012, 18:00

   after id done my conversion i fitted a new clutch. on the turn off key all was fine until i dipped the clutch peddle then let it go and it started grinding like hell. noise would disappear once peddle is dipped. it sounded like an exhaust scraping on the road anyways iv took the box off to find this......
   
   
   
   
   now the only thing i can think of that lines up with that burn mark is the studs that hold the pads on the clutch plate:
   
   
   however the studs are sat a good few mm in the pads so i cant see them making contact.
   
   also when i took the gearbox off the fork's on the clutch case where kinda warped (one side of the fork's where a bit more out than the other side) but one of the bolts that hold the case on had rounded and after using a hammer to end up getting the bolt off the folk's straightened up so the vibrations from me hammering might have straightened them up and maybe they where bent in from actually taking the gearbox off. god knows.
   
   
   anyone ideas what may have caused the burn mark? obv this must have been what was causing the noise, at end of the day its a new clutch, done 0miles so shouldnt go like this
2. mcjacko1987 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Rochdale Posts: 1896 mk2 saxo 1.4 furio in possi blue

   #2 3rd April 2012, 10:17

   anyone think it could be the studs that have caused it? only way i can think its happened is the friction material must be really soft and the studs have made the mark
3. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #3 3rd April 2012, 10:45

   Have you put it on the correct way round? also whats the state of the release bearing?
4. Mike_Roberts Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Oswestry / Lyneham Posts: 180 1993 106 XSI 1.4 miami 2005 Fiesta mk6

   #4 3rd April 2012, 11:25

   Check the face of the bolts on the flywheel. If you put the plate on the wrong way, they grind when you press the clutch..
   
   They usually rub against the springs of the clutch plate though, and yours look fine
5. mcjacko1987 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Rochdale Posts: 1896 mk2 saxo 1.4 furio in possi blue

   #5 3rd April 2012, 12:51

   managed to swap it. dont know what was causing it. the release bearing was fine. all i can think is my mate that fitted it did it wrong. didnt use an aligning tool anyways but iv just swapped the clutch,case and bearing and bought a alignment tool
6. Olly Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Meerkat Harborough Posts: 2638 Saxo vtr mk 2

   #6 3rd April 2012, 13:18

   Looks like something has lodged in the clutch plate hole and rubbed against the clutch pressure plate. Was there anything loose in the bell housing when you took the box off?
   Aligning tool is only for getting the box on. One it is on and the clutch pressed the plate centres itself. So wouldnt be to do with that.