'99 A4 Quattro, 5-speed manual,114k miles. This past weekend my clutch pedal started to vibrate when I press it in. I can't seem to get a smooth transition between gears and especially from a stop. The whole car seems to vibrate while I startin1st. gear. It doesn't do itevery single time but more often than not. When I have it in any gear, stopped with thepedal depressed, it makes a noise likeparts are rubbing together - when I have it in neutral, with the pedal depressed, it doesn't make the noise.I was thinking I needed to replace the clutch anyway, but is this a master cylindar problem? Slave cylinderproblem? Hydraulic fluid problem? Clutch only problem? Any ideas? Thanks!

 

check the brake fluids. it really sounds like ur clutch is bad. i doubt the cylinders are bad. well they could be. the clutch slave cylinder is above the pedal i believe. and if ur doing the clutch y urself, u have a major PITA in ur hands lol

 

Yeah I do think it is the clutch...[sm=boohoo.gif]

 

do you have to depress the clutch peddle to the floor to engage a gear? if yes then check the fluid level, it might need clutch system bleeding ( cough slave cylinder is on the gearbox)

 

No I don't have to press it all the way down to get a gear to engage. Just past the friction zone.

 

well that could be worn needle bearings/ warped flywheel/ or complete clutch, if it pulls ok then rule out the clutch, it sounds like the needle bearings but that's a total strip down ( input shaft vibrating ) that's a needle bearing thing and fit a new clutch if you have to go that far

 

sounds exactly like my clutch did the night before it crapped out. dont mean to scare you lol but mine was doing that almost all the time so you may have a few days lol. im jus not driving mine until my new clutch arrives (cant wait)