Trans or Clutch

[wreckshop56]

ok not helping me out this time but a friend...she has a 3g eclipse non turbo spyder...she says when she puts the car in gear it goes fine in all gears clutch comes back up and everything.. but the car wont move at all... no grinds no noises just the car wont fall dead or move
can you help

 

[EagleTalonTim]

Sounds like transmission damage, but if the clutch completely blew apart, you might get the symptoms you are getting. I still lean toward transmission damage.

 

[wreckshop56]

wow really.. now i drove the car plenty of times and i told her the smell i was smelling made me think the clutch was burning.. i know the smell becuase i burnt my very first clutch out in my first car...so after she drives the car semi hard freeway driving mostly it smells like the clutch is burning... now if she messes up the clutch will it have the same symtoms?

 

[EagleTalonTim]

Yes, it could happen if it was only the clutch. The clutch has 2 sides to the clutch plate and if one of the sides are ruined, the car will not go anywhere.

 

[wreckshop56]

Yes, it could happen if it was only the clutch. The clutch has 2 sides to the clutch plate and if one of the sides are ruined, the car will not go anywhere.

ok shes right here with me reading this
she wants to know...
can downshifting alot mess up my clutch?

 

[dsmfa9nutter]

If you're going 80 and downshift into 2nd, yeah.

 

[Old Mitsu Tech]

Several things can go wrong. I would suspicion the clutch or maybe even an axle break. 3g clutches are really interesting as they are a pull type of clutch instead of a push type of clutch. This makes removing the transmission really interesting if you have never done one. If you heard no weird noises and it just quit pulling, then likely it's the clutch. Yes, down shifting can damage the clutch especially if you go from 5th to 2nd or something like that. You centrifuge the clutch to death. In layman's terms you over rev the disc and it simply can't stay together under the g forces.

The clutch is pretty pricey too. So, when you get it repaired, post here with the results.

Good Luck

 

[wreckshop56]

Several things can go wrong. I would suspicion the clutch or maybe even an axle break. 3g clutches are really interesting as they are a pull type of clutch instead of a push type of clutch. This makes removing the transmission really interesting if you have never done one. If you heard no weird noises and it just quit pulling, then likely it's the clutch. Yes, down shifting can damage the clutch especially if you go from 5th to 2nd or something like that. You centrifuge the clutch to death. In layman's terms you over rev the disc and it simply can't stay together under the g forces.

The clutch is pretty pricey too. So, when you get it repaired, post here with the results.

Good Luck

thx..most of the time she downshifts from 4th to 3rd neva to 2nd.. just to get around people on the freeway... she said there was no weird noises it just stopped the rpms jumped a couple of times which i think the clutch has gone out because mine did the same thing in my 2g... the clutch kit only cost 250 at autozone and i will find out 2morra how much the labor will be