So I just picked up my '02 S on Tuesday, but already I have noticed a distinctive noise associated with the clutch. I was wondering if anyone here has heard of or has first hand experience with this:

First, once the engine and transmission get warm, I start to notice a soft rattling noise at idle when the car is in neutral. Once I press the clutch the noise goes away. Also when I am shifting at higher gears (4th-6th) I hear a somewhat louder and deeper rattle when the clutch engages. I can also hear it sometimes with I start in first or shift into second at low RPMs. I can't tell if I can feel it too or if I'm just being paranoid.

As far as I know the "clutch buzz" happens during decel between 3k-4k RPMs. Does anyone know what this could be or is this just the natural loudness of an s2k?

 

Sounds exactly like clutch buzz to me... I wish I knew the exact details on the TSB for this, but I think Honda made new Disks to address this issue.

 

it is not clutch buzz. I had this problem when I needed to change clutches on my camaro - not sure what it is but I think its a pilot bearing problem or a balance problem.

 

The soft rattling at idle to me sounds like a bad throwout bearing. For the other sounds, some kind of sound clip would hhelp tons in figuering out the issue.

 

Alright I'll work on getting a good sound clip of it. I'll keep you posted.

 

+1 on bad throw out bearing