new clutch required?

[the lemster]

I have a 93 3rd gen

one problems that I have noticed developing recently seems to be a clutch problem.

with the car in neutral there is a gravely sound from the \'engine bay\' which reduces almost completely when the clutch is pressed.

it sounds like a clutch plate type noise metal on metal but not awful noise...  there is no slip from the clutch at the moment it pulls in all 5 gears

In gear the noise is there till about 3k rpm but only somtimes, if I am quite gentle with the \'juice boot\' it is not so bad and I only notice it in the lower gears...

and a couple of times the clutch has kind of stuck when i have pressed down to slow to a stop while in slow traffic and then when I lift my foot the clutch bites straight away and not 1/3 of the way up as it usualy does.

any ideas


BTW  it is still running a bit lumpy, have changed oil  tried to get plugs out to check ( only manged one  they are a bit tricky arent they?  and then the weather turned for the worse)

[rx7aberdeen]

i am having problems with what i think is my clutch.   Do you find it difficult to get into first and reverse when the car newly starts?

[Jovic82]

had the same problem with mine.

my throw out bearings on the box had gone so had to put in a good secondhand one rather than recondition which i think is even more expensive!!  also the clutch was badly worn in mine which i think was contribtuing as well. all resolved for a small fortune