Clutch Chatter!

[adkinsadam1]

When I am driving my truck cold, roughly for about 20 minutes after I stars it after a few hours of sitting, releasing the clutch petal in first gear results in significant shaking. It is pretty violent sometimes, and is very annoying otherwise. After I've driven for a while, all shaking goes away when accelerating from a stop.

My questions are: Should I deal with this? Is it a sign that something is wrong or my clutch is going bad? How can this be fixed? How expensive would it be? Or should I just deal?

Thank you for taking the time!

One more unrelated question: How often do I need to change my gear oil? I find that right after I change it, shifting is smooth, but after 6 months, it is not smooth and all and cumbersome. Therefore I change it every six months. Is this ridiculous?

 

[nevada]

When I am driving my truck cold, roughly for about 20 minutes after I stars it after a few hours of sitting, releasing the clutch petal in first gear results in significant shaking. It is pretty violent sometimes, and is very annoying otherwise. After I've driven for a while, all shaking goes away when accelerating from a stop.

My questions are: Should I deal with this? Is it a sign that something is wrong or my clutch is going bad? How can this be fixed? How expensive would it be? Or should I just deal?

Thank you for taking the time!

One more unrelated question: How often do I need to change my gear oil? I find that right after I change it, shifting is smooth, but after 6 months, it is not smooth and all and cumbersome. Therefore I change it every six months. Is this ridiculous?

it sounds like maybe oil is getting on the clutch. you notice any leaks? rear main perhaps?

 

[adkinsadam1]

You think the problems are connected?

 

[pluton]

Should you fix it(the clutch chatter)?
Well, I personally guarantee that it's not going to get better or go away.
Normal gear oil shouldn't degenerate in 6 months, so the problem is either not the gear oil, or you've somehow found the only known source of really bad gear oil in the USA.

 

[Supermoney]

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