Can someone explain exactly what clutch chatter is?

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quickprelude

Discussion Starter · Apr 1, 2001

I think I already know but I get different answers from different people. Help me out here.

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MikeRenz

· #2 · Apr 1, 2001

If I've told you once....I've told you a million times. Its when its cold out, the clutch chatters to try an warm itself up.

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cantdrive55

· #3 · Apr 1, 2001

Hey mike, is that quickprelude's Prelude lighting 'em up in the pic in your sig? Both of you guys have nice lookin cars...

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TimeRacer

· #4 · Apr 1, 2001

Go outside and try to start in 3rd gear from a dead stop. Try not to slip the clutch too much and get it out as soon as you can, you should hear a chattering. That's what it sounds like.

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shmang

· #5 · Apr 1, 2001

Does clutch chatting do any harm to your car/clutch other than wear the clutch faster?

I think sometimes, I hear clutch chatting even when I try to start my car in 1st with a farely low rev(like 1-1.5k), if I did NOT give gas at the right time, I will hear the chatting, and it sound like some metal part is hittning each other for half second.

The weird part is: this is more likely to happen in a rainy day than the rest, any thought on that?

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starscream

· #6 · Apr 1, 2001

is it basically when you take off from a dead stop at a low RPM and the whole interior shakes?

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quickprelude

Discussion Starter · #7 · Apr 1, 2001

See thats what I thought too but others say that its a noise....WHAT IS IT?!?!?!?

Billy?!?!?!?

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shmang

· #8 · Apr 1, 2001

Actually, it is not that kind of shake of the whole car. The car does not shake, and if you do not pay attention, it seems there is nothing happened, but if you know it might happen and listen carefully, there are some weird sound coming from somewhere under the engine/clutch area, like metal parts hitting each other (but it is different than engine knocking, just kind of like you are shaking the clutch or the gear, but not hard enough to make the whole car shake.) Sorry for the confusion, but it bugs me a lot, does anyone have the same kind of experience or does anyone know if this is the clutch chatting?

Anyway, please explain to me in detail what a clutch chatting is. So, maybe I will know if it is or not.

Thanks, guys!

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quickprelude

Discussion Starter · #9 · Apr 1, 2001

Originally posted by shmang:
Anyway, please explain to me in detail what a clutch chatting is. So, maybe I will know if it is or not.

Thanks, guys!

That was the whole idea of my post originally! I am trying to narrow down if what my car is doing is normal with the ACT clutch or not. Also I want to clear up this whole debate if it is actually a sound or a vibration in the pedal

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MikeRenz

· #10 · Apr 1, 2001

Hey mike, is that quickprelude's Prelude lighting 'em up in the pic in your sig? Both of you guys have nice lookin cars...

Yes...thats couldbequickerprelude's car. That was they day our cars first met...they got along so well at the track that day. Quickprelude was playing hard to get though...and the lil red vtec that couldn't was left far behind.

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quickprelude

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 1, 2001

Originally posted by MikeRenz:
Quickprelude was playing hard to get though...and the lil red vtec that couldn't was left far behind.

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shmang

· #12 · Apr 2, 2001

Anyone?

So, why clutch chatting and what it sound like?

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cantdrive55

· #13 · Apr 3, 2001

Originally posted by MikeRenz:
Yes...thats couldbequickerprelude's car. That was they day our cars first met...they got along so well at the track that day. Quickprelude was playing hard to get though...and the lil red vtec that couldn't was left far behind.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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