chadvaliant
Registered User
Hi and sorry about the dodgy title but I though it would get extra attention and I need help urgently. Also I mean the title literally.
I'm having clutch/flywheel problems with my 2007 8P S3 and my mechanic can't find anything wrong. I just had a new clutch, dual mass flywheel and release bearing installed and now I have these problems...
1. Droning noise when I decelerate through 2500rpm.
2. Occasional rattling noise from the gearbox when I let the clutch out.
3. Occasional knocking noise at idle and in neutral.
4. Clutch pedal shakes/judders and gear lever too.
5. Occasional power loss/surge.
6. Stiff gear changes in all gears and sometimes won't go in at all.
Anyway, back to my shaft...
I got my mechanic to take the gearbox out again because I said I wasn't happy. I was hoping to see something obviously wrong but there wasn't, except maybe... my input/clutch shaft splines.
Do the splines on the end of the input shaft have little ridges? It's like they are serrated all along the tops of the splines. Also I thought I could feel a slight mushrooming on the splines. The last 10mm of the shaft felt wider than the rest of the shaft. The other thing I noticed is that it had no grease on it, bone dry. Also there were streaks of grease coming out of the middle of the clutch hub/centre. Sorry I don't know the right words for the parts but I hope I'm making sense.
Is it possible there was no grease or too little grease or the wrong grease on the shaft?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
I'm having clutch/flywheel problems with my 2007 8P S3 and my mechanic can't find anything wrong. I just had a new clutch, dual mass flywheel and release bearing installed and now I have these problems...
1. Droning noise when I decelerate through 2500rpm.
2. Occasional rattling noise from the gearbox when I let the clutch out.
3. Occasional knocking noise at idle and in neutral.
4. Clutch pedal shakes/judders and gear lever too.
5. Occasional power loss/surge.
6. Stiff gear changes in all gears and sometimes won't go in at all.
Anyway, back to my shaft...
I got my mechanic to take the gearbox out again because I said I wasn't happy. I was hoping to see something obviously wrong but there wasn't, except maybe... my input/clutch shaft splines.
Do the splines on the end of the input shaft have little ridges? It's like they are serrated all along the tops of the splines. Also I thought I could feel a slight mushrooming on the splines. The last 10mm of the shaft felt wider than the rest of the shaft. The other thing I noticed is that it had no grease on it, bone dry. Also there were streaks of grease coming out of the middle of the clutch hub/centre. Sorry I don't know the right words for the parts but I hope I'm making sense.
Is it possible there was no grease or too little grease or the wrong grease on the shaft?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.