Hi Guys,
I really contemplated not posting this at all as it’s hardly out of a Haynes Manual type fix!
Well bit of background, my Lexus IS200 is on 172k! Runs like a dream looks fresh as any other car but it suffers from the standard annoying clutch judder which had also been present in my previous two Lexus’ only this one was far worse, only happens in first gear and reverse but was very severe and occurs in about 9 out of 10 times.
The only way to avoid it was to set off like Schumacher and in stop and start traffic you just look like a tit.
So I am faced with a potential massive repair bill, very least I’d need a new clutch and from research work on the flywheel. Now, it was more of a moment of anger than anything logical but from a rolling start I set the revs to about 4k going up hill and rode the clutch at biting point at about 20 mph for about 5-6 seconds accompanied by that horrible burning clutch smell.. This was a month ago and till this day I have not had one judder since then and it literally feels like a different car to drive.
Now if anyone is suffering with the same symptoms I am not saying do this as if your clutch is on it’s last legs this may just put the final nail in it’s coffin, I am simply sharing my story lol so make of it what you like.
The only explaination I can give it this is it's refaced the clutch? I don't actually know.