Originally Posted by MicahOSo the new car has a dual mass flywheel - most (all?) BMW's do. The dual mass serves a good purpose, as I have been reading. It's sprung nature prevents engine power pulses from actually reaching into the transmission and causing gear rattle or gear lash. This is good.
But why then do BMW dual mass flys all make noise when the car is turned off, and sometimes even when simply declutching at low engine and road speed? Is it just the sping mechanism taking up the slack and clicking a little? Should we just hear that and say "Well, I'm sure glad that's not my GEARS clashing!"
Thanks for the input!
(and no, I'm not thinking about swapping the fly/clutch in the new car. Yet. But after a DSC-defeated, 'slightly' tail-out, single-tire-smoking power-almost-slide last night, the $2600 LSD sounds pretty good......)
--Micah