Weird clutch/pressure plate noises?
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Weird clutch/pressure plate noises?
Car: S4 Vert n/a stock
Ok so recently i noticed a slight squeak when i would be in first and second gear. I didn't think much of it. So as time went on the noise got worse. A week ago I pulled the transmission to look at the throw out bearing. It didn't look too good so I put on another one that was in much better shape. A lot of the squeaking went away but not all of it.
So now I'm getting frustrated and afraid to drive the car because now in 1-5th gear I will get a short clank noise. It usually happens really fast too and it sounds like a loose bolt to me. The squeaking noise is now only in reverse and I'm confused why it only does it in that gear.
Hopefully within this week I can pull the transmission again to swap out the clutch and pressure plate with another clutch and pressure plate I have, but are there any other things I should check while the transmission is off? Last time I was hoping to fix the problem completely but it sort of fixed half of the problem.
Can pressure plate bolts come loose if they aren't torqued correctly? I also thought it was the drive shaft as well. The car is almost at 180k miles and I know U joints wear out as time goes on, but can anyone tell me what the average life span of these U joints are? I need to be sure of what to look for and check so I can fix it within the next week. Thanks
Ok so recently i noticed a slight squeak when i would be in first and second gear. I didn't think much of it. So as time went on the noise got worse. A week ago I pulled the transmission to look at the throw out bearing. It didn't look too good so I put on another one that was in much better shape. A lot of the squeaking went away but not all of it.
So now I'm getting frustrated and afraid to drive the car because now in 1-5th gear I will get a short clank noise. It usually happens really fast too and it sounds like a loose bolt to me. The squeaking noise is now only in reverse and I'm confused why it only does it in that gear.
Hopefully within this week I can pull the transmission again to swap out the clutch and pressure plate with another clutch and pressure plate I have, but are there any other things I should check while the transmission is off? Last time I was hoping to fix the problem completely but it sort of fixed half of the problem.
Can pressure plate bolts come loose if they aren't torqued correctly? I also thought it was the drive shaft as well. The car is almost at 180k miles and I know U joints wear out as time goes on, but can anyone tell me what the average life span of these U joints are? I need to be sure of what to look for and check so I can fix it within the next week. Thanks
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