grinding going into 1st, 2nd and R...more also... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

986 Girl · 02-25-2007, 09:15 AM

As just a general statement.... you should always only let people learn how to drive manual on a clutch you do not care about. I've taught a number of people how to stick shift, and let me tell you... they can very easily cost you a new one.

Best of luck!

Bavarian Motorist · 02-26-2007, 03:44 PM

First off, I got her back today, and WOW she feels BRAND NEW. In fact, I don't even remember her feeling like this new.

They said some bolts were loose in the clutch line or something and it was fixed under warranty.

OK, I have a question --

My car has always had a low clutch engagement point. Very low actually (made it easy to drive to be honest). I have been test driving cars a lot lately and I've had trouble driving them because their clutch release points are so high.

Now that I got my car back, it feels as smooth as new, but also, the clutch engagement point is VERY high now! I honestly thought something was wrong w/ my car at first.

What can be the cause of this? Not that something is wrong now, but what can be different now?

eslai · 02-26-2007, 04:50 PM

Interesting. doesn't bode well that your car was delivered with strange clutch line issues. Sounds like "whatever it was" was screwed up from the get-go.

Document it. Something could go wrong later that would point to this problem as a fault. Can you give us the exact description of the failure and what they did to fix it?

The clutch point on Boxsters is very high in my opinion. I hate it. I'd rather it was low down by the firewall like every other car I've ever driven.

Bavarian Motorist · 02-26-2007, 05:19 PM

Certainly.

"A. CUSTOMER STATES CAR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE INTO FIRST SECOND AND REVERSE PUT INTO NEUTRAL LOUD GRINDING NOISE"

CAUSE: LOOSE CLUTCH BOLTS

(lists a bunch of things, including r&r transmission, exhaust sealing met., locking nut 8m, remove and install clutch eng/trans)

VERIFIED HARD SHIFTING R&R EXHAUST, R&R TRANS, REMOVE CLUTCH AND INSPECT, CLUTCH DISC AND PRESSURE PLATE OK, FOUND BOLTS TO CLUTCH BACKED OUT VERY LOOSE REPLACE ALL ORIGINAL PARTS ALL OK

B. CUSTOMER STATES CLUTCH ENGAGED IN GEAR RPM'S REV AND CAR SHAKES, PUT INTO NEUTRAL SHAKING STOPS

DONE SEE LINE A FOR REPAIRS

Thanks guys

RandallNeighbour · 02-26-2007, 06:54 PM

Bavarian, my mechanic told me that he could adjust the clutch release point if I found it to be too high or too low (after I had my clutch replaced last year). So, I would imagine the dealership can adjust this for you as well, and probably do it at no charge since they just messed with your car and its different now.

Bavarian Motorist · 02-26-2007, 07:33 PM

Oh, really? That's great.

This wouldn't have any negative effect on performance or anything, would it?

eslai · 02-26-2007, 07:44 PM

So, some moron at the factory didn't torque down your pressure plate (or what not, I don't know how the porsche dual-plate thing goes back together). That's... that's....fantastic.

Well, hopefully it's all taken care of now. If it had been me, I would have wanted to see the thing taken apart. I can't imagine 5000 miles like that not causing a problem. I'd have wanted a new clutch, or at least picture proof that the one they reinstalled was still "fine".

But if you don't know what to look at, it wouldn't help to see pictures so I guess you have to trust them. Irksome.

As to clutch pedal engagement point adjustment, my dealership told me that there wasn't a way to do that on these cars. I didn't really believe him, but I never bothered to look into it.

Any confirmation from anyone about this on a 987?