So I was leaving work in my 03 and I rounded a sharp turn in neutral and was feeling pretty good so I popped into first and got into it a little bit (the moment I ****ed up lol) and when I hit somewhere between 3k-4K without any warning no pop out, no pop, no grind, no bump, studder or unusual noise or motion at all it was like my entire clutch system just vanished into thin air lmao. The rpms dropped and I pulled down to 2nd and nothing at all happened. So I pulled into a spot and started tinkering with **** and I noticed that when I put it in any gear and later on sometimes with it just sitting and running in nuetral this kinda deep muffled grinding noise comes from under the hood. Never heard it before. It’s not your usual loud violent grind it’s just this low muffled constant grinding and it sounds slightly different as whatever it is spins almost like the pressure changing as it goes around. A few weeks before this I noticed sometimes if I’m just sitting at an idle I get this weird raddling noise and looked around and researched it and read it’s also clutch related. The previous owner told me just the clutch was replaced 20k before I got it so his gf could driver it (another **** up lol) and he told me Honda told him that the throwout bearing was looking pretty rough even back then and it has developed a loud squeak when pushed in since I got it. Its never felt like 20k clutch either very light and takes ****ing forever to grab a damn gear lol. My car is high mileage (250k) and also purple and extremely low on custom BC coils. Don’t worry stock exhaust lol. I’ve never had a problem out of it since I got it 2 years ago except for a coolant line leak and I had to replace a cv axle because the boot got torn off by something. I was planning on doing a little rebuild and repaint with a k20a 6spd swap after I bought another back up but I kinda need my civic for atleast another 6mo or a year but before I get more off topic I figured I would ask some people with more knowledge of these cars before I order anything and start tearing things apart for no reason. The clutch has also never slipped not even slightly, not even once the time I’ve had it. Sound like just a throwout bearing? Replace clutch kit Transmission failure? Thx

That was the most rude response I think I’ve ever got on any sight like this. If your not going to help then don’t comment. I just posted it so I’m not really worried about the amount of attention I’ve gotten. The post should be pretty self explanatory that it runs and idles fine and especially since it’s a clutch issue if it wasn’t running right then I’d say I have more than just a clutch problem so you can **** off with your smart *** bs

Sounds like you fractured your clutch disc, that huge torque load you placed on your system when you broke the cardnal rule of a manual transmission car...

Never put it into 1st while moving..

I know you can visually look at the pressure plate via the starter hole, just be sure to disconnect the battery before pulling it out.

Spin the engine with trans in neutral and watch/listen to the plate to hear if chunks of the clutch disc are sliding around.