Car hops up front unless i rev up to over 3rpms at take off

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 6th, 2006, 7:50 pm

when im at a stop and start going again i have to rev up to over 3 rpms otherwise the whole front end of the car vibrates. theres no broken mounts or anything, at least im pretty sure there isnt.

forcedairram · Post by **forcedairram** » June 6th, 2006, 9:41 pm

Sounds like your problems could be coming from an uneven clutch, pressure plate or flywheel. Does it make any squeeling sounds?

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 6th, 2006, 10:18 pm

nope just feels like a fast wheel hop

forcedairram · Post by **forcedairram** » June 6th, 2006, 10:19 pm

Exactly, clutch chatter is exactly what it sounds like to me, hard to diagnose without seeing it. But that would be my hypothesis.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 6th, 2006, 10:38 pm

no clue man

happyclown · Post by **happyclown** » June 7th, 2006, 9:00 am

Mine is starting to do the same thing... its not consistant though, very aggrivating when it happens though.

Where on the peddle should the clutch start to enguage... as I let the peddle out the clutch doesnt start to grab till the peddle is almost all the way out, I don't remember it being this bad, and someone told me that when a clutch is starting to wear down it grabs later and later

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 7th, 2006, 9:22 am

sounds understandable, i mean sometimes its hard to get it into first and reverse, sometimes i have to let off the clutch and push it in again to get it to shift.

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » June 7th, 2006, 8:18 pm

i have this exact same problem, i have a stock clutch but im going to replace it next week. i cant go into gears unless i let out then in on the clutch a couple times. and my tranny oil is low so gotta change that.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 7th, 2006, 9:59 pm

how do i change that? what kind do i need and how much?

MechaManZero · Post by **MechaManZero** » June 8th, 2006, 3:10 am

I have that problem too....

JK lol

Yeah but that sounds like the same problem I had with my nissan 240sx before. What I did was change the master and slave clutch cylinder and everything seemed fine. Than all of a sudden the problem came back up out of nowhere and got worse. I couldn't change gears without speed shifting. I pull my tranny out and find a couple springs popped out of my pressure plate and one from my clutch disk. Changed the clutch and neverhad a problem since. I was like WTF mate. Well hope that helps you guys out.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 8th, 2006, 8:44 am

thanks. hey whats with all this master and slave talk?

Boris · Post by **Boris** » June 9th, 2006, 12:29 am

When my master went on my old 4runner, the pedal would actually stick to the floor sometimes. So if this ever happens to you, it's prolly your master.

mazdamx3sohc · Post by **mazdamx3sohc** » June 9th, 2006, 9:57 am

weird. my clutch does grab when its almost all the way out.

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Car hops up front unless i rev up to over 3rpms at take off

Car hops up front unless i rev up to over 3rpms at take off

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