earlier this week i put a ke70 5 speed in my car and since then i have noticed a rather quiet rattle coming from what i thought was the tailshaft shroud. but today it has become much worse and you can only hear it when you drop back gears of just as your changing up. it sounds like its coming from around the clucth area.

 

any ideas what it is???

Go count your sockets... the 14mm might be missing :P

 

Or alternatively, did you replace the spigot and throwout bearings? They might be flogged.

Edited June 7, 200719 yr by 7shades

the spigot bearing is near new (5000km's) ... what are the throwout bearings :D

 

and i have all of my sockets still :P

The throwout bearing is the round thing on the end of the gearbox input shaft that the clutch fork grabs and pushes onto the clutch pressure plate to disengage the clutch. You usually get a fresh one when you buy a clutch kit.

you mean the THRUST bearing ... did a new clutch in december thats when i did the spigot bearing and thrust bearing

 

is there any chance i could be from putting the clutch plate in backwards?

you mean the THRUST bearing ... did a new clutch in december thats when i did the spigot bearing and thrust bearing

 

is there any chance i could be from putting the clutch plate in backwards?

 

if its only when your putting the clutch in that might be it.ive done that befor :P

well ... what happens when you do??? :P

Thrust/throwout.

Invasion/liberation.

 

Meh

well ... what happens when you do??? :wink:

 

if you have put the clutch in the wrong way the clutch plate hits on the fly wheel bolts!