yellowragtop
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robmustang201528, is your car a V8 mustang ? My understanding is the V6 models have a dual-mass flywheel.
I have no proof if the Ecoboost mustangs also have a dual-mass flywheel.
You say the car can sometimes start "jerking all over the place" when you let off the clutch.
When you let off the clutch, the clutch will "grab". It is at this time that you say you hear a weird noise. You should not have to let the clutch out "fast".
If you have the dual mass flywheel, then right when the clutch "grabs", the flywheel itself has a spring action inside which acts like a force damper. The dual mass flywheel has some kind of bearing at the center, so the portion of the flywheel which bolts to the pressure plate, can rotate separately from the flywheel which bolts to the engine. If this center bearing is "messed up" on the dual mass flywheel, then you might feel a grind or a weird sound. If you have a 5.0 mustang, then you don't have any dual mass flywheel.
I have no proof if the Ecoboost mustangs also have a dual-mass flywheel.
You say the car can sometimes start "jerking all over the place" when you let off the clutch.
When you let off the clutch, the clutch will "grab". It is at this time that you say you hear a weird noise. You should not have to let the clutch out "fast".
If you have the dual mass flywheel, then right when the clutch "grabs", the flywheel itself has a spring action inside which acts like a force damper. The dual mass flywheel has some kind of bearing at the center, so the portion of the flywheel which bolts to the pressure plate, can rotate separately from the flywheel which bolts to the engine. If this center bearing is "messed up" on the dual mass flywheel, then you might feel a grind or a weird sound. If you have a 5.0 mustang, then you don't have any dual mass flywheel.
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