Vibrating clutch pedal after new clutch

2013 Geee T · May 9, 2009

I had my clutch replaced and flywheel resurfaced but now when Im driving in gear with my foot off the clutch the pedal will vibrate. Sometimes it does it enough where I can actually hear it. One person told me it could be that the tabs on the pressure plate are uneven. Any thing else it could be? I think Im going to have to take it back to be looked at but was wondering what it could be.

schoffs4 · May 9, 2009

is it chattering while letting clutch out? seen lots of guys over tighten press plate and not tighten bolts evenly, hanging trans on clutch before bolting trans to motor. sounds like trans got to come out again

2013 Geee T · May 9, 2009

Its fine when letting the clutch out, no chattering.

BlackenedSVT · May 10, 2009

Seems kinda dumb but, was the Throw Out Bearing replaced too and the pilot bearing? Or are both of those still the old ones?

...because you should have replaced them with the clutch

2013 Geee T · May 10, 2009

Yes they were replaced. The only reason I even had it done was because the TO bearing was making so much noise it was driving me nuts so I figured I would have the clutch done while the trans was out.

squeak93 · May 12, 2009

Its very possible to get a bad tob brand new.... It sounds to me as if your tob is bad as that is the exact symptom of what mine was just before we replaced the clutch. You'd engage it and be driving just to have the pedal doing to truffle shuffle under your feet. Mine was bad enough you could hear the banging over the stereo.

Where did you get the tob from? did you put a metal one in not those plastic pos' that come with most kits now a days?

BlownFiveLiter · May 12, 2009

Dowel pins reinstalled into the flywheel?

2013 Geee T · May 13, 2009

The dealer did the work so its all Ford parts. Im taking it back tomorrow for them to look at and if they have to redo it then thats the way it goes I suppose.

2013 Geee T · May 14, 2009

So the guy who did the clutch test drove my car today and said the vibration was nothing and thought it was fine which is what I thought he would say. It didn't do the serious vibrating like it does randomly until I was driving home later. You can actually hear the pedal vibrating at certain times. It seems to do it more at lower RPMs and with my foot off the gas.

It has a 12 month/12000 mile warranty on it so at least I got it documented so if it gets worse or blows I can say I told you so.

squeak93 · May 15, 2009

I still say a faulty tob. And they prob won't do chit b/c its on their dime now and will keep blowing you off......

I had a ford dealer tell me a 20k trans was supposed to grind and that it was normal.

2013 Geee T · May 16, 2009

I think you are right about the TOB. It makes a little noise when it neutral with my foot off the clutch like it did before with the old noisy TOB. Now the pedal vibrates a lot more when my foot is off it, especially at 1500 RPM. Today when I put it in neutral and took my foot off the clutch it even vibrated then.

Now my differential is leaking oil so I wonder if they could have done something to cause that?

86turbo · Jun 5, 2009

I found that there was a little play in my cable and was getting the vibrating pedal also. I tightened up the cable using my fwa and the pedal doesn't vibrate anymore

2013 Geee T · Jun 5, 2009

It turns out that the TOB had some play in it so they had to pull it apart and replace it again. Now its good as new.

4tun8 · Jun 6, 2009

My guess would be a bad quadrant. Stock one is junk. Get 555kit1 from CJ Pony Parts.

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