I have a 97 civic lx. I just had a clutch, pressure plate, throwout bering and pilot bushing put in, it still rattles only when im off the clutch, and through all rpms. What do you think?
Also ever since i got the new clutch the pedal is easy to push in and it catches wierd, the clutch was bled right and everything?

 

are you positive that the rattling is coming from your clutch/tranny?

I only ask because i had a major rattling issue with my civic, only happened when I was off the clutch, and it turned out to be a few loosened heat shields. Ripped one off and it improved, still gotta get the rest out. I guess a good way to tell if its just heat shields, is listen closely and see if it only happens when air is moving strong through the exhaust, thats how mine was.

 

its highly doubtful that its a heatshield....i ripped the lower 1s off, the upper one is still on but its not loose

 

this is pretty loud....exactly how loud was yours

 

exactly how loud?!? what am i frickin decibel meter? No i'm just kidding man, my heat shield was rattling pretty god damn loud. I don't konw, it was just a suggestion for you to look into. My whole thing is to check out the easy stuff first, cause if you automatically think its something major, then you'll spend way too much time trying to figure it out, only to find that its something simple.


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i took the shield off and no luck...guess ill just wait for the swap to replace anything else

 

rebleed the clutch for the engagement issues. its easy to miss a bit of air in there.

 

if not that then check the tranny see if anything is loose.