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I'm planning to replace the clutch because of this, but I want to make sure it's a clutch problem first. I'm pretty sure it is, but I know someone here can tell me.
When starting out in 1st gear, I have to go really easy on the clutch because it sort of shakes if I let it out too fast. And sometimes it seems to grab at different places in the pedal travel. Like sometimes it starts to grab just after lifting my foot an inch. But most of the time it starts grabbin at about half-way up. It only seems to shake in 1st gear starting out, none of the other gears. But the grabbing thing does happen in other gears. The car only has 79k miles on it, but it's had some rough stop and go Atlanta traffic over the past 2 years / 40k miles.
So what do you mechanics think? I am very confident about doing the job myself, but I just haven't had enough experience to know for sure if it's the tranny or the clutch for sure. I'm about 98% sure it's the clutch.
When starting out in 1st gear, I have to go really easy on the clutch because it sort of shakes if I let it out too fast. And sometimes it seems to grab at different places in the pedal travel. Like sometimes it starts to grab just after lifting my foot an inch. But most of the time it starts grabbin at about half-way up. It only seems to shake in 1st gear starting out, none of the other gears. But the grabbing thing does happen in other gears. The car only has 79k miles on it, but it's had some rough stop and go Atlanta traffic over the past 2 years / 40k miles.
So what do you mechanics think? I am very confident about doing the job myself, but I just haven't had enough experience to know for sure if it's the tranny or the clutch for sure. I'm about 98% sure it's the clutch.