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| Tweet Topic Started: Sun May 30, 2010 11:46 am (685 Views) | |
| Allent2 | Sun May 30, 2010 11:46 am Post #1 |
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Hello, I'm having a problem with my 86' 2.3 16v 5 speed. It hasnt been drivable for a few weeks now, the last 45min or so of drive time the clutch was only operating at the very deepest of the pedal stroke and the pedal itself became slightly lighter. Then one desent uphill acceloration out of a nice right hand corrner, after a clean (rev matched) down shift. Led to a engaged clutch, but a dead (hanging loseslly at the floor. with no pressure at any point in its stroke) clutch pedal. I put the car in neutral and costed to a stop. The gear box wouldn't find any gear no matter the amout of pressure on the stick or other. So I turned the car off and sat for a minutie (not for the cars sake, I realized this would do nothing) I need to get home so I place the car in first, quitlly apologized to my starter for what was about to happen and cranked the key. A nice jolt later and i was on my way home doing my best to be very carefull as i rev matched and limped the car home going between 2nd and 3rd. I figured the problem to be the slave as the clutch master was fine so orderd a new one and put it in. I still had no pedal after the repair (witch was a pain btw) but felt it was poor bleeding. I then reverse bleed the clutch but still had no pedal. So just friday I opend the clutch up. I have never done a clutch and have been just resently trying to understand its operation, so i didnt know evrything I was looking at or what to check. I was able to verify the slave is working just as it should and is pushing correctly on the "fork?" there was a loses (floting were ever i pushed it along the shaft) throw out bearing and i could fell the "teeth" on the pessure plate were all in place and felt stiff. So I know the problem is somthing in side the clutch itself but what? does anyone have any ideas or a diagram of the clutch. Any advise as this is my first clutch job Thanks a ton! -Travis Edited by Allent2, Sun May 30, 2010 11:47 am.
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| Allent2 | Sun May 30, 2010 1:54 pm Post #2 |
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when opend it up and one of the things i checked was putting pressure against the rod on the slave. with pressure against it, the clutch felt normal and had a return = to the perssure against it. but isn't the throwout bearing suppost to be "locked" to the fork? because its just hanging out in there free. |
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| Johnboy Mac | Sun May 30, 2010 8:19 pm Post #3 |
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Sounds like the clutch release bearing has disconnected from the clutch fork? Maybe g/box out time I suspect. |
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