Diagnose my symptoms!

[matt_green84]

Right, see what the diagnosis from the group is:

Schumacher Rascal, standard transmission.

There's a strange thing happening with it. When you start the car at idle, the engine fires fine, but when its idling you can hear a strange noise, like a scrapey kind of sound. Imaging zipping up a zip really fast. The rear wheels will twitch and kick aswell. If they have too much traction, instead of kicking a little, they will grip and the engine will cut off.

With the engine off, you can rotate the spur gear probably somewhere between 1/8th and 1/4 turn without the rear wheels moving, feels like a spring building up pressure, and will return to the same place.

My spider senses say clutch, but wanted some input and other ideas.

Ta.

[Bigfoot75uk]

from what you describe it sounds like either the clutch bell bearings are gone or the shoes are gripping the bell prematurely possibly due to being knackered. I would say it was your clutch shoes seeing as its not continuous (the bearings normally would be continuous, although if they are gripping themselves internally or are damaged in anyway then they could be to blame aswell)

[matt_green84]

That's what I was thinking, cheers mate!

[Nitroholic]

Definitely clutch ... pop the clutch bell off, and have a look and it ought to be clear enough.

[The Trooper]

as the above my moneys on the clutch shoes being knacked

[a-x-l-e]

Just be careful when you take the clutchbell off, the pin bearings are a nightmare to work with.

Edited October 18, 2009 by a-x-l-e