Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpfcla.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: What causes Datsun clutch chatter? Message-ID: <72800002@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 23:20:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcla.72800002 Posted: Mon Nov 11 23:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Nov-85 05:26:36 EST Organization: 11 Nov 85 21:20:00 MST Lines: 13 Here's a puzzle (or perhaps merely a trivial pursuit) for you expert mechanics. What can cause clutch chatter in a front wheel drive Datsun? It's a quiet chain-rattling sound that comes in at about 2500 RPM (and above), in any gear, whether the clutch is engaged or not. The clutch plate was replaced about 8K miles ago at about 57K miles. The operation of the clutch is otherwise normal; there seems to be no slippage. The noise is just a nuisance (so far!). Please mail responses if you can reach me, and I'll summarize. Thanks in advance. Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"