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I came here to ask a question about a "clunk" noise when going moving stick from Neutral to first.

- In Neutral
- Depress clutch
- As soon as I begin to move gearstick forward and it leaves the neutral position (not in 1st yet, just beginning to head there) there's a "thunk" like a solenoid has been setoff. Very quick. Sounds like its coming from under car, gearbox area.

People have described a similar sound when releasing the clutch in 1st gear, but I think I know that noise, same on my old MX-5 manual. My noise is as soon as I exit the neutral position, like I've setoff a sensor which is engaging something electromechanically.

Is this the same noise or different? Thanks all.

To me it's the same noise. I also had an MX5 and that done the same!
 
Intermittent here. If the car is still moving a good bit, it clunks, if it is standing or just barely moving, no clunk.
 
Beyond typical manual trans noises as things line up I have no clue what hardware is used and what noises may result from things like rev matching monitoring gearshift position, hill assist, etc.
 
I came here to ask a question about a "clunk" noise when going moving stick from Neutral to first.

- In Neutral
- Depress clutch
- As soon as I begin to move gearstick forward and it leaves the neutral position (not in 1st yet, just beginning to head there) there's a "thunk" like a solenoid has been setoff. Very quick. Sounds like its coming from under car, gearbox area.

People have described a similar sound when releasing the clutch in 1st gear, but I think I know that noise, same on my old MX-5 manual. My noise is as soon as I exit the neutral position, like I've set off a sensor which is engaging something electromechanically.

Is this the same noise or different? Thanks all.

From my understanding, the transmission input side will always be moving even in neutral(clutch not depressed). but because it's in neutral, the output shaft isn't engage at all. so when we depressed the clutch(disengage the engine) and select gear one, the output shaft suddenly engaged to the moving input side, which cause the sound. if the car is in standstill, the momentum can move the car forward very slightly.

if you depressed the clutch and wait for a few seconds, the input side will stop spinning. Engaging then will not make any sound. :)
 
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Yup taught the same, into first when at a complete stop, but if still rolling get away in 2nd cog.
 
so i set off from the lights fast and it went through the gears to 4th really quick with hardly any power.
i pulled over straight after and it smelt like burning.
the car has only done 1200 miles. (200 miles are mine, i bough it having done 1000).
just parked up for 5 minutes, pulled away and everything has been fine since.

should i be worried? what is this?
 
I wouldn't worry at all, I've had a number of quick cars and they all do this, I call it clutch burn because I suspect thats what it is, had it in My N too, nothing to worry about ;)
 
My car got a new gearbox installed yesterday. The last one had some issues with third which resulted in the stick vibrating in third and 'grabbing' as well.

Yesterday it was all good but this morning the clutch is really light until about half way down. I'm going to contact the dealer later today but I just wanted to see if anyone knows if this is normal or if it should be linear all the way through?
 
Yesterday it was all good but this morning the clutch is really light until about half way down. I'm going to contact the dealer later today but I just wanted to see if anyone knows if this is normal or if it should be linear all the way through?

Clutch is firm again today. It is a mystery.
 
Have been braking in my new ZF (Sachs) clutch couple of days and I have to admit that I am a bit confused. Single mass fw makes noise and I cant notice that my engine revs up quicker than it did with dual mass fw.
I also had time to weight all Oem clutch components:
Oem dual-mass fw:
93F7AC1F-57C7-4850-B75D-3423344B32E6.jpeg
ZF single mass 7,2kg:
EAB0EBF2-7DDB-41CB-8592-5D9679894B25.jpeg
10,9 - 7,2 = 3,7kg of weight saving
Oem pressure plate:
A7B8EEF7-3145-4082-BC23-67D81AB9AAD8.jpeg
Zf pressure plate 4,3kg:
5E63C68A-C187-40BC-8216-AFEE85EDA790.jpeg
4,8 - 4,3 = 0,5kg
Oem clutch disc:
D6879C17-041E-41FF-BCA4-955C133997C8.jpeg
Zf organic disc 1,1kg:
FC16DB80-C7AB-4A05-A5D1-83A455EDB2E5.jpeg
+ 0,3 kg
Sinter disc with 8-blades:
018F7CE5-AEE0-4295-95E7-51F88D0B62B1.jpeg
+ 0,6kg
 
Have been braking in my new ZF (Sachs) clutch couple of days and I have to admit that I am a bit confused. Single mass fw makes noise and I cant notice that my engine revs up quicker than it did with dual mass fw.
I also had time to weight all Oem clutch components:
Oem dual-mass fw:
View attachment 9640
ZF single mass 7,2kg:
View attachment 9641
10,9 - 7,2 = 3,7kg of weight saving
Oem pressure plate:
View attachment 9642
Zf pressure plate 4,3kg:
View attachment 9643
4,8 - 4,3 = 0,5kg
Oem clutch disc:
View attachment 9644
Zf organic disc 1,1kg:
View attachment 9645
+ 0,3 kg
Sinter disc with 8-blades:
View attachment 9646
+ 0,6kg
That's definitely strange that you don't feel a difference in the response while revving the car with saving around 5KG on a clutch/flywheel kit...

I have heard that switching from a dual mass to a single mass, in certain applications, can introduce some driveline noise when engaging/disengaging the clutch. Perhaps this is an example of that...

I haven't been on the forums in a little while, but what clutch setup is that that you're weighing? Any info on torque capacity? I'm going to be needing a better clutch setup next year when I put on my hybird turbo as well so I'm in the market for one at the moment.

Regarding that 8-puck clutch disk you posted, it looks like it's not wearing/making contact evenly. Is that the one you are currently using?
 
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You'll feel the difference with a lightened flywheel mass but not much with a lightened clutch. I've not seen a lightened flywheel for the i30N or VN yet but I'm sure it's in the works from someone.