Vibrating clutch fork

COramprat · Nov 16, 2007

Anyone know why a clutch fork would vibrate? I can grab it when the car isn't running and move it back and forth a little. It doesn't look like the throw out bearing is the culprit since it stays pretty much in place.

blckstng96 · Nov 17, 2007

im not sure i understand what you mean.the cluth fork is supposed to move,it slides front to back as well as the throwout bearing.

SVT32VDOHC · Nov 17, 2007

I swear the last time I was under my stang it was tight one way and a little bit of slack on the other.

Killa · Nov 17, 2007

My did the same thing, just adjust the clutch and it not viberate any more ?

Since we on tranny thread, if i move my shifter to the right it stay their and will not go back to the middle, and if I move my shifter to the right it will go back to the middle my itself. any opinion ?

COramprat · Nov 17, 2007

blckstng96 said:
im not sure i understand what you mean.the cluth fork is supposed to move,it slides front to back as well as the throwout bearing.

No...side to side movement. Enough that it vibrates and I can feel it through the floor. It gets really bad in fifth at speed.

COramprat · Nov 21, 2007

KillaGT said:
My did the same thing, just adjust the clutch and it not viberate any more ?

Since we on tranny thread, if i move my shifter to the right it stay their and will not go back to the middle, and if I move my shifter to the right it will go back to the middle my itself. any opinion ?

Is it an aftemarket? If so probably the springs worn.

COramprat · Nov 21, 2007

KillaGT said:
My did the same thing, just adjust the clutch and it not viberate any more ?

Well that didn't work. Broke the clutch cable.

fast97gt · Nov 23, 2007

COramprat said:
Well that didn't work. Broke the clutch cable.

that was your prob. any time you get play in the fork and is not the throw out bearing, the cable needs to be adjusted or you have a stretched or bad cable

blacksheep-1 · Nov 23, 2007

Mine actually makes this annoying squeak at idle, it drives me nuckin futz.

COramprat · Nov 24, 2007

blacksheep-1 said:
Mine actually makes this annoying squeak at idle, it drives me nuckin futz.

Throw out bearing. If it isn't going out then you may quiet it down with some lithium grease.

COramprat · Nov 24, 2007

fast97gt said:
that was your prob. any time you get play in the fork and is not the throw out bearing, the cable needs to be adjusted or you have a stretched or bad cable

I did adjust it...and it broke. I think I had it too tight.

DTNODYA · Nov 24, 2007

COramprat said:
Throw out bearing. If it isn't going out then you may quiet it down with some lithium grease.

I'm starting to wonder if the noise is always caused by the TOB or if, in some cases, the clutch cable needs to be adjusted.

Were you using the stock cable? (the one that broke) ..

blacksheep-1 · Nov 24, 2007

the T/O bearing is new, along with everything else down there. fork is old, but wasn't worn badly. It seems like there must be a spring that keeps a little tension on it (like GMs) so it doesn't rattle but I couldn't find one.

Rusty67 · Nov 24, 2007

How old was your clutch cable ? Maybe the ball stem on the inside of the bell housing that the clutch fork pivots on is worn, possibly along with the clutch fork ?

COramprat · Nov 25, 2007

Rusty67 said:
How old was your clutch cable ? Maybe the ball stem on the inside of the bell housing that the clutch fork pivots on is worn, possibly along with the clutch fork ?

It was an original cable. I hope it isn't the fork but I guess if it is I can take the time to replace the cheap throw out bearing Spec has with there clutch and put in a quality piece.

Rusty67 · Nov 25, 2007

Well, its a 10+ year old cable, those things don't last forever... how many miles did you have on it ? If you end up yanking the trans you might as well replace the fork and the pivot while you are there.

COramprat · Nov 26, 2007

185K on the car...I know the cable was old so it isn't an issue really I'm just hoping I don't have to pull the tranny. If I do I'm getting another but I don't have the cash for that just yet.

Rusty67 · Nov 27, 2007

Have you got the new cable in yet ?

COramprat · Nov 28, 2007

Rusty67 said:
Have you got the new cable in yet ?

Nah...don't have one local so I have to order it. Haven't got around to it.

COramprat · Dec 6, 2007

So the Steeda cable seems to be crap...it broke today.

The liner actually split where it goes into the firewall causing slack in the cable and leaving me in traffic, unable to get it into gear until I slowed nearly to a stop. It looked to be in a bit of a bind but it was the only way I could route it and still place the mounting bracket in it's proper place. Looks like it was too long from the mounting bracket to the firewall so maybe I have the wrong one? The only number I could find on it doesn't match anything Steeda sells but maybe I'm not looking in the right place. I think I'll make a trip to the shop I picked it up from and get them to figure out what happened.

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