Are these signs of worn out clutch?

It's difficult to diagnose a problem with a car from just a description but its obvious you need to have some maintenance done. I was thinking it just might be your throwout bearing. This bearing is what spins when you press the clutch pedal disengaging your clutch. However, when you mentioned shaking it does sound like the clutch might be slipping. It would be most prevalent when you're in upper gears and trying to accelerate under a load. The issue of the difficulty getting into first gear may also mean that the clutch is not fully disengaging. A downshift to first gear requires to synchronizers to do a lot of work and If the clutch is not fully disengaged it makes it nearly impossible. Going to neutral allows them to line up and may be what's allowing you to finally get it into first gear. Clutches are made of the same material the brakes are made out of. We all know the brakes wear out and so do clutches. If your car has many miles on it has been driven in the city a lot, chances are you need to have the clutch replaced. There's a little more to it than just replacing the clutch. It's an assembly that consists of the clutch itself, a flywheel, pressure plate, and throwout bearing. Also, what must be considered is the hydraulic cylinders that activate the clutch. The good news is that you recognize you have a problem and you're addressing it. Often driving the car with these issues will cause more damage. In early stages, it may be possible to replace the clutch disk and have the flywheel and pressure plate resurfaced. However sometimes it's just as cost-effective to replace the whole assembly. Even if it is just a bad throw out bearing, it is wise to replace the clutch assembly while you have it apart. Replacing the clutch assembly on a car is a big job, but it's pretty straightforward. Most mechanics will be able to give you an accurate quote of what it will cost. This should allow you to compare shops where you like to work to be performed. Depending on what type of car you have, it would probably take between 2 to 5 days to complete the work, depending on the shop's workload and how much time they can devote to it. Hopefully, it just might require an adjustment or a replacement of the hydraulic cylinders, they consist of a master and slave cylinder. The master cylinder is what your pedal pushes, and the slave cylinder is what gets pushed onto the throwout bearing that pushes on the pressure plate that releases the clutch..... make sense?. They can be rebuilt or remanufactured ones are relatively inexpensive. Finally, does your car leak oil? If it does, it might be leaking out the rear seal and getting into the clutch assembly. This can cause all kinds of problems similar to what you're describing. I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck with the repair!

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Are these signs of worn out clutch?

I am having the following signs in my car, should I change my clutch?

1. I hear a screetching sound (rusty sound) when I remove my foot from the clutch pedal. This happens at least 3 times / hour.

2. It is sometimes difficult for me to switch from gear 2 to gear 1, I switch to gear 0 (neutral)...

It's best not to downshift to 1st gear until under 5 mph or almost stopped.

To test a clutch to see if it needs replacing is easy. At a dead stop put the tranny in 4th gear. Rev the motor to 3,000 rpm and then release the clutch pedal fast. If the motor stalls right away the clutch is good. If the rpms slowly drop and the car barely moves it's slipping and needs replacing.

I'd have to hear the noise to diagnose it.

It sounds like the clutch to me, But if you have a tachometer (tach) watch it to see if it is revving high when you press on the gas peddle, get up into high gear, if you have overdrive try it in fourth gear, and hit it like you were racing, but not too hard, without clutching and see what happens, Tach should go high then drop back without you letting off gas if clutch is slipping, or just listen to the engine when you do this. I know this sounds dumb, but your engine will tell you a lot about what is going on with your car if you listen to it. now I will tell you someone out there may have a better way to check it, I'm just a old shade tree mech. that has worked on my cars for about 40 years now.

The things you are describing are signs of a worn clutch having trouble getting into first at times sometimes reverse and the fact that the car shakes sometimes are all signs of clutch wear its time to get the vehicle to a shop the screeching noise is a bad sign and tells me you are running out of time if the throw out bearing goes out you will be stuck instantly. ( Im pretty sure that is the screeching noise) get it to a shop asap while you still have a choice.

Yes, you have to change your clutch as early as possible. It is obviously the petal should be easily pressed to the floor and only slight pressure is needed to hold it to the floor. When the petal is down there should be no noise (grumbling sound). The clutch should grab close to the top of it upward travel. When engaging the clutch (taking off) it should feel smooth and no jerking (chattering).

Have your clutch linkage adjusted and your clutch spring lubed to takecare of the screetching as for the car shakeing durring acceleration that could mean check your timeing.

its kind of hard to tell, are you downshifting at a correct speed? pedal might just be rusty? And does your car have a proper tune up? no oil in the spark plugs? you never know, always start from the smallest issues to the top, its not always a transmission issue.