is this normal Transmission operation

Sometime it cause by bad bearing between shaft and flywheel.

 

Had broken clutch springs do this,,,slowly got worse. Eventually 5 out of 7 failed. 1200$ covered by warranty.

 

Hi gunner, pretty sure the clutch is dragging. If you can't adjust it, like snailexpress sez, it could be the pilot bearing in the flywheel ( bearing that the tip of the transmission shaft goes thru). I've had the disc springs break (twice, then went with a springless, much better) but when that happened, I lost most of the clutch travel and it chattered terribly. If you put a clutch in, go with the springless disc and replace the pilot bearing.

 

I agree with you guys if the clutch was out of adjustment you would have to have excessive free travel to cause the clutch to be slightly rubbing the pressure plate with the pedal depressed and normal wear in the clutch causes you to loose free travel meaning this is either a bad clutch adjustment where too much free travel was added, broken torsional springs in the clutch disks or a seized up pilot bearing which is most likely the cause.

 

Check the bell housing cross shaft bores sometimes I run into one that has worn through the bushing and into the bell housing. Usually this will cause you not to get any stop brake. Another issue we see is the adjuster in the clutch being stripped out caused by someone attempting to adjust the clutch without having someone inside pushing in the clutch pedal. If these are not the case you are looking g at a faulty or worn out clutch.

 

bell housing gaskets ar not prone to leak at all. Most of the time it's the lid leaking around it or if its leaking on the inside of bell housing it's more than likely the input shaft retainer which has a very close tolerance with the input shaft and always wears out when the pilot bearing in the flywheel supporting the other end of the input shaft fails.

 

WTF is a bellhousing gasket?