Billman250

rusted splines is a big possibilty:

Krondo

I'll definately have that looked at billman. When I searched the forums before posting this, I found that not properly lubing the spines is a big problem.

I forgot to mention this, but yesterday when the mechanic bled the lines, he grabbed the driveshaft and twisted it back and forth. He told me there was alot of "Slop". Another mechanic, the senior mechanic, walked up a few minutes later, and said the same damned thing. I do trust them both, because they are my co-workers

I asked them what that ment, since I'm more on paint/body side. They said that there was alot of play in the driveshaft. I did notice you could twist it back and forth about an inch in each direction before it 'clanked' in the transmission housing.

Tech7427

that wouldnt mean anything in the situation we are in..

if anything is causing the clutch disc to not properly come off the pressure plate then it will cause your issue..

Kirpich

I'm not gonna claim that I'm right and everyone else is wrong, but there are some ifs to consider, just as possibilities:

If fluid in tranny is bad (old, not GL-4, not synchro-modified, or what not a Honda dealership might have dumped in it at a tranny fluid change), and if the guy ( or previous owner) is an aggressive shifter, then that could've easily taken the life out of synchros. Remember, they 'pause' before engaging. Like if synchros were trying to 'spin up' slower, i.e. when they start to fail. Just my $.02 worth.

OP, try doing a good bleed in the clutch system. Could be there's air in the system, preventing proper disengagement. Won't cost ya much, maybe $10.

S2Kage

Eh, my s2k has alota "slop" in the driveshaft also, been that way since 17k miles lol. im at 70400 and replaced my clutch and rebuilt my diff, still the same "slop" lol

Id say pressure plate, see if you can see anything inside the bellhousing, take that rubber boot off where the slave cylinder meets your fork.

kharaal13k

have you tried rev-matching/double clutching while downshifting?? when coasting at 20mph and trying to downshift the trannyspeed and engine speed are different...maybe you're just not letting them match eachothers speeds. but pressure plate could also be gone.

Krondo

kharaal: I do revmatch all the time, when I'm driving. But while I'm approaching a stop sign or stop light, I just depress the clutch and follow the speed with the correlating gear.

I do that just incase I need power to avoid an accident, that half second might make a big difference...

But this jolting noise, or jogging noise has never been a problem until about 2-3 weeks ago.

I'm ording a new clutch kit tonight, whether or not my current clutch is bad, I have 85k on it and they've all been pretty tough, so the time is near anyways.

I'll keep you guys posted with what we find, just incase any of you might run into something similar.

p.s. Thank you for all your help, I appreciate it!

Kirpich

Let us know what you find!

subspd

Maybe this is also my problem. When coasting at in a lower gear I get a ton of clatter like sound coming from under the radio sounds horrible is this the clutch or the pressure plate?

Thanks!