I'm hoping somebody can explain why these clutches judder....

I have a Bug WRX (2001) and when the car is cold the clutch really judders and then it stops when the car has been running for a while. For the rest of the day it will be silky smooth even if I've let it cool down.

Maybe it just doesn't like mornings.

 

Unfortunately it is a common fault with imprezas. I have had two classics and now have a bugeye and they have all done it. Excedy do an anti-judder clutch now which is meant to be pretty good.

I would imagine that it is worse in the mornings as the car has been sat a while and everything is at it's coldest

 

It's something that I can live with so as long as there is nothing physically wrong with it then I'm happy as it is.

It's just a case of finding a cars little quirks I guess.

 

heya guys,
i also have a 51 plate (2002) bugeye wrx mine does this too and have been looking at new clutches, is it really nessecary, mines done 64k miles how do i know when i need to replace the clutch?

 

Best way to tell is when the clutch slips, So when driving at 60mph in 5th gear accelerate hard if the revs go up without the car moving you have a slipping clutch

 

. My car managed 80,000 miles before the clutch finally gave up. When I was at 3,000 revs and the car came on boost the rev counter would jump to 4000 revs but the car was going no faster just like shane says above.

 

cheers guys will give that a look at, i keep asking questions as this is the first performance car i ever owned and im not mechanically minded i work with electronics :P