How can you tell if the clutch is going on a car? Are you still able to put the car in gear.?

Question

Please I don't know...okay!

Answer 1

ok, your gears will not neccessarily be crunching or grinding if the clutch has gone. i'm waiting on a new clutch for my car and i know its gone because the biting point is much higher than it should be. also, it is sometimes difficult to put into the lower gears, but this doesnt always mean a clutch, it could be the gearbox itself. hope this helps! x

Answer 2

If the biting point is very high, then it's a good indication that the clutch is going. Also, if you try to accelerate hard in any of the higher gears (particularly uphill) and you hear the revs increase with no increase in speed, then the clutch is definitely going.

Somebody mentioned if the clutch cable snaps. Should this happen, the clutch pedal will immediately rest on the floor. You will not be able to get it into gear; more importantly DON'T EVEN TRY. You could change a relatively minor problem to a very expensive one such as a new gearbox.

Answer 3

Not so fast Lisa... Slippage is the primary way to tell if the clutch disk is to thin. Driving along in high gear accelerate and if the rpms go up and the car does not move faster the clutch is slipping. Other failures are cable, hydraulic or mechanical. I think Lisa has had a hydraulic clutch go to the floor. Non release will cause grinding of gears or inability to shift. So lesson for today clutch can fail many ways. Seek professional and hand over the $$$money$$$

Answer 4

usually the first sympton is the car will rev up faster than the car will go you might be going 30 but the clutch rpm might be actually at 40 or 50 mphs. especially when you first engage the clutch. this might be able to be adjusted there are 2 types of cluch systems mechanical which can be adjusted with 2 wrenches or a hydrolic which cant be adjusted. but check the fluid in the clutch master cylinder it might just be low also it can be bleed to get air out of the lines which will make the clutch feel better. you can slam a car into gear but i suggest not doing so you will eventually damage the tranny. good luck

Answer 5

you will find it difficult to engage a gear, especially reverse, if the clutch is biting at the top of the pedals release then it on the way out if it is biting at the bottom under half way of the travel of the clutch pedal then you hav e other problems.
if you put it into first gear, leaving the hand brake on, lift the clutch up slowly if it moves the car it still might be on the way out but if it dont and it starts slipping (not moving the car even when the pedal is released) then it off to the clutch shop you go.

Answer 6

The car will still go into some gears but not all of them, also you may get some kind of over-revving sound from the engine, as if the car isn't in gear.

Answer 7

it's really much simpler. put the car in second gear and try to pull away. a 100% clutch will stall the car.

Answer 8

If the clutch is in need of repair then you will not be able to make the shift changes evenly and correctly. In a car I had once, I had to have the clutch repaired because to make the shift changes, was difficult and the change could not be done properly.

Answer 9

if you can still put the gears in gear and go, its still okay. do you feel any grinding when going into gears? if so, then you need a new clutch. also check you tranny fluids.

Answer 10

you will know when your clutch cable has gone because the pedal will be flat to the floor and you wont be able to change gear.