Clutch makes a popping noise.

Panteraboy1988 · Jun 1, 2012

Hello there.
I have a 95 cummins with the nv4500 5speed. I never use the first gear because of its dead slow attributes lol. I just start from 2nd and go. Well sometimes as I'm gaining speed in 2nd and go to shift to 3rd the clutch makes a popping noise as it disengages. Sometimes it'll even pop when it engages in 3rd too. The only way I can keep it from popping is to rev match the motor but thats a little hard to do when I'm trying take off in a hurry. What could be the problem? The noise sounds like metal hitting metal.

Thanks!

ktm1217 · Jun 3, 2012

does it seem to shift hard or grind at all? could be the third gear synchronizer startin to go..or maybe a throwout bearin? How olds the clutch in it?

Mopar1973Man · Jun 3, 2012

Might be time to drop the transmission and take a look. All we can do is guess...

It could be a million different things going wrong inside the bellhousing so why guess at just drop the transmission and inspect everything. Like in my case I broke the hub of my clutch disc. Another might be a bad throwout bearing / pilot bearing but who knows till you look...

Panteraboy1988 · Jun 3, 2012

There's no grinding but when it does make the popping noise the truck jerks a bit. It's almost the kind of jerk like when you quickly let off the throttle while in gear. Feels like there's slack in the gears. It doesn't do it all the time, just when I try to quickly take off and shift from 2nd to 3rd (keep in mind that I take off from 2nd). There's no grinding or popping out of gear. I don't know when the clutch was last changed, the truck has almost 190k miles but the clutch feels pretty tight so I suspect it was replaced not too long ago. Do you think maybe it's just a cheapo clutch?

Mopar1973Man · Jun 3, 2012

Panteraboy1988 said:
Do you think maybe it's just a cheapo clutch?

Won't know anything till you drop the trans and look sad to say... I can theorize all day long on different failures or problems you might have but won't change the fact you got to drop the trans and look. Even if its a trans internal problem you'll still need to drop it so you can open in up and look.

ktm1217 · Jun 3, 2012

^^ I agree. your best bet is to just drop the tranny and take a look at the clutch...maybe even throw a new one in it while its apart.

Clutch makes a popping noise.

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