Choo Me

My car makes the same clunking noise. I think it helps when you put the clutch down for 1-2 seconds before putting it into 1st gear... i find it'll only make that noise when i push the clutch down and then put it in 1st gear right away.

xviper

Makes sense. I've alluded to this in the past. Throughout your drivetrain, there are gaps between teeth, between cogs, etc. You have gaps between the teeth from one shaft to another in your tranny. You have gaps between the pinion and ring gear teeth. You have gaps in the CV joints in the 1/2 shafts and in the joints of the prop shaft. When you load and unload the powertrain, depending on where the biggest slack is, when these gaps close, this is where the noise comes from. It can be the tranny, the rear diff, etc.
Remember that when you are in neutral, clutch up, engine running, you are spinning the tranny. If you select a gear quickly, before the tranny has a couple of seconds to spin down, as soon as you select that gear, you slam the spinning tranny to a grinding halt. That inertia gets transmitted all down the powertrain. Selecting a higher gear (2nd and higher), this inertia is absorbed better by the syncros and by the ratio themselves and doesn't transmit nearly as much shock down the line.

Tugz_S2K

The clunking in reverse is normal on 00-03 S2k's. It happends when you release the clutch too quickly. Its more sensitive in reverse. Ive learned to slowly engage the clutch when reversing. I dont get the clunk.


As for the buzzing, your car is a 2000. There is a TSB if you are still under warranty.

s2kdarren

no my car is out of warranty ive tried in the past to have them fix it and been denied

with the powertrian warr. but they say i need the bumper to bumper to fix it....

so im ordering Clutch, Release bearing, pressure plate

s2kdarren

thanks guys this thread helped a lot