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Originally Posted by official_george
I have a manual FR-S, with these issues:
1. Shifting into first gear (from neutral at 0mph or from higher gears at less than 10mph) produces a *thud* sound and very slightly jerks the car a little. I supposed this is the clutch connecting the engine to the wheels, but is it really that noticeable? This happens 50% of the time, and usually when the RPM is decreasing.
2. Shifting from 1st to 2nd gear produces a metallic clunk (not grind). It doesn't sound that bad, more like when cocking a gun, you can hear the gears "meshing" together. Is this normal? Only on 1st to 2nd gear.
3. Are the shift points that low or am I just not getting it? Whenever speeding up (to merge into a freeway from a stop), when I'm upshifting, I get a thud and a jerk. I usually upshifts at 2.5-3K RPM or every 15mph. I let go of the clutch pedal quickly because I don't want to burn out the clutch early. Is this wrong? Should I be letting the clutch go slowly?
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3 points in the clutch
A - << clutch depressed
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B - << biting point
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C - << Fully engaged clutch
You can let go of the clutch however fast you want from point A to point B -- but you gotta hold your foot on point B until your tach/revs match to a point where it's smooth -- then slowly disengage to C
You slowly move from A to C and you'll get a hesitation all the time, no matter how slow -- sometimes you may get lucky, but doing it this way is wrong and you'll screw up the clutch.
Hope that explains things =) -- Oh your throw-out-bearing will always be under wear when you depress the clutch, so you gotta keep that in mind.
Clunk will be there for a while, as long as you're not grinding -- no problems. When in doubt, let go of the clutch and then depress the clutch all the way down and try again to engage the gear.