Help - clutch let go, advice needed.

[dark steed]

Last night shifting into 3rd I heard a clank and it wouldn't go into gear. After stopping and shutting it off, it would go thru the gears fine but the clutch pedal has little resistance to it.
I drove it home shifting w/o the clutch and had a vibration, which I thought was in the driveline. Today I discover that the vibration is in the engine/clutch as it is out of balance and shakes during light revving while in neutral. It doesn't have a miss, and idles fine, just shakes. I have prothane mounts.
My dad thinks the lining separated from the clutch and is causing the vibration and lack of pedal feel.
Any thoughts, advice? I have a 10k mile trans and slave, as well as a 30k clutch/pressure plate sitting in my garage just haven't had time to install it.

 

[stkjock]

are you trying to diagnose the issue ?

 

[dark steed]

Yes, wrong section?

 

[19COBRA93]

So, you've determined it's the clutch. You have a spare clutch. I think the next step is to tear it apart and swap it.

Were you thinking it could be something else?

 

[dark steed]

The vibration threw me, but I isolated it to the engine. I thought perhaps the trans puked but it is shifting okay.

Does the clutch lining theory sound right to you?
And I don't have access to a lift so I'll probably get someone to install it for me...

 

[19COBRA93]

The vibration threw me, but I isolated it to the engine. I thought perhaps the trans puked but it is shifting okay.

Does the clutch lining theory sound right to you?
And I don't have access to a lift so I'll probably get someone to install it for me...

Yes it makes sense. The pressure plate is bolted to the flywheel, which always spins with the motor. If the clutch disc came apart, that material will be packed into parts of the pressure plate, causing an imbalance.

 

[86GT351]

Yup!

 

[dark steed]

Well, sounds like my dad was dead on. He's only been spinning wrenches for 60+ years!
Thanks for the input, I have a local guy who will replace the clutch, slave and trans for $400. Sounds reasonable to me.