clutch Engagement Issue?

[pinoyplaya]

Subscribing. I'm hearing this problem on my BRZ as well. Kind of worries me that one day, after much changing gears and clutch use, the transmission will just fall apart in the middle of driving

[Sargy]

In a weird way it sounds normal to me, OP. some of the issues your mentioning in your first post I can relate to in my own car (06 Solara 5MT) but the video later on, thats no exception. sounds normal but at the same time dosent sound right especially if it happens this soon.

[wheelhaus]

Since this only appears to be happening when the engine is idling, what you're hearing most likely requires something to be spinning. To narrow it down, the clutch IS spinning, always, because it's attached to the engine; this is one possibility. When you engage/disengage it from the tranny, the only part it's affecting is the input shaft; the second possibility. Since the gears are helical, when one shaft turns it tries to corkscrew itself forward or backward against the mated gear. Since no gears are engaged in neutral, we may be hearing the near-instantaneous force of acceleration on the input shaft, and the drag caused by the thick tranny oil slowing it down quickly. Considering this car has had extreme efforts put into engineering it's transmission "feel", the noise may simply be a byproduct of the bushings or shifter linkages making a normal action become more audible.

I wouldn't necessarily suspect a throwout bearing I'd expect to feel and hear it pitching a fit with the pedal depressed.

When you move the clutch in/out more slowly (say 2sec in, 2sec out) does it still make the noise?

[civicdrivr]

Originally Posted by wheelhaus

When you move the clutch in/out more slowly (say 2sec in, 2sec out) does it still make the noise?

In mine, it makes a noise if you slowly depress the clutch. It isnt the same loud clunk though.

[jm1681]

My car makes this noise as well, but I figured it was nothing more than the transmission not liking me trying to get it into gear with some residual speed on the clock. You know how it's been said that you shouldn't try to force a trans into a gear at a speed that exceeds the maximum of that gear (!)? Basically, that's what I figured was happening.

Lately, I've been letting the car come to a complete stop, and THEN sliding it into gear, but as my clutch use is getting smoother (As I'm getting used to the clutch take-up), I'm noticing less and less of the clunk.


Honestly, I wrote this off as a quirk of a RWD car, but if you guys are all having serious trans problems, I'm in for more info.

[pyro530]

Just had to put my 0.02 in. I definitely hear that same clunk when I let my clutch out.
As far the clutch taking a second to be fully engaged, I also have experienced this slightly. Really neither issue was much concern to me, but please keep us updated.

[mashal]

Any new updates ? I have this also but I thought it was normal since the two manuals I test drove did this as well... Wrx/Sti's have this but not all the time

[Skye]

After reading posts and hearing same clicking when disengaging clutch idling I went to the dealer, they checked a brand new identical model and it made the same noise as mine!

[Bu-Tang]

Mines a little more server, as mentioned in my past posts I have play engaging initially in every gear, the most consistent is 5-6 gear under 3k rpm, you can feel the initial slack in the powertrain before it goes smooth, and also while coasting in gear and re accelerating, you can feel a good amount of slack, as if the main shaft in the tranny is a little loose, but however once it gets over that initial slack everything is fine, and under WOT or heavy load its fine, my dealer has forwarded the issue to Toyota Canada, awaiting response.

If anything what bugs me is it makes it very hard for smooth shifts when driving economically, again I went to the dealer and test drove there demo and I was able to drive it smoothly effortlessly, no matter how I drove and shifted it was smooth and effortless.

The sound I posted in the video no longer bothers me as it exist in every FRS/BRZ ive seen in person, seems to be a very normal thing, anyone share any symptoms I jsut talked about?
there is also a clunk sound when engaging every gear in my car too. Same clunk that you would hear popping it to first.

[TennisHsu]

I'm not sure if this is something to be concerned about, but I am experiencing a *Clunk Clunk* when depressing the clutch at parking lot speeds. The sound is very predominant, especially in reverse gear. I would partially engage the clutch to get the car rolling (in reverse) then fully disengage the clutch, this is when the clunk clunk sound happens, and happens every time.

[cRazy604]

I have the clunking noise only when i go into first gear, but i read somewhere that if you do an oil change and change the tranny fluid it goes away so im not really worried about it

[TennisHsu]

My condition is more of a double clunk, like something is snapping back under a spring load. I was getting this all morning while in stuck in stop and go traffic and on a slight incline. Get the car to creep a little, *Clunk Clunk* literally every time I pushed in the clutch.

[stevan]

Originally Posted by Bu-Tang

Mines a little more server, as mentioned in my past posts I have play engaging initially in every gear, the most consistent is 5-6 gear under 3k rpm, you can feel the initial slack in the powertrain before it goes smooth, and also while coasting in gear and re accelerating, you can feel a good amount of slack, as if the main shaft in the tranny is a little loose, but however once it gets over that initial slack everything is fine, and under WOT or heavy load its fine, my dealer has forwarded the issue to Toyota Canada, awaiting response.

If anything what bugs me is it makes it very hard for smooth shifts when driving economically, again I went to the dealer and test drove there demo and I was able to drive it smoothly effortlessly, no matter how I drove and shifted it was smooth and effortless.

The sound I posted in the video no longer bothers me as it exist in every FRS/BRZ ive seen in person, seems to be a very normal thing, anyone share any symptoms I jsut talked about?
there is also a clunk sound when engaging every gear in my car too. Same clunk that you would hear popping it to first.

This and the laggy throttle response are my 2 hates for this car. I also find when I'm shifting there's way too much slack and it gives me the shits because you can't shift smoothly. Does anyone suspect this issue to be due to very soft engine mounts?

In my last car (honda Integra DC5) I had poly mounts and it shifted and had the response of a race car. I just find the response and shift feel in this car to be very below par.

[ericmpena]

Just got my car back from the dealership and now it's clunking pretty loud when I release the clutch. It definitely wasn't making this noise before...at least not this loudly. I guess I can live with it, but honestly it sounds like something is loose. It's not a solid sounding "clunk"...more like a weak/loose clanking sound. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

Here's a video:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo_TyeMEYL4"]BRZ Clutch Clanking - YouTube[/ame]