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Old 10-06-2009, 04:51 PM
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just got done putting the motor back in the 95Z and hooked everything back up tranny wise. fired the car up and let it run then i decided to make sure the clutch was working so i tried putting it into gear while on jacks and with the pedal depressed i cant engage the shifter. even with the pedal all the way to the floor as soon as i move up to any gear you feel it hit a "wall" and the tires would start to spin. with the car off i can move into every gear with the pedal depressed. im at a loss of what it could be. any help would be app. car has a mcleod ST with the steel flywheel and a mcleod adjustable master.

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Clutch fork bolt backed out/not tightened? System not completely bled? Fork not sitting correctly on TOB? What HAVE you tried?
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going to try rebleeding the system again. going to get my dad under the car and have him look and see whats going on while its depressed.
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More than likely improper bleeding is cuplrit
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Does it have one of those self adjusting pressure plates fitted as stock ?

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Originally Posted by iansane
Clutch fork bolt backed out/not tightened? System not completely bled? Fork not sitting correctly on TOB? What HAVE you tried?
Im kind of having hte same problem......Hate to sound like a n00b but what u mean baout hte fork and the TOB?
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Originally Posted by Stang-Slayer
Im kind of having hte same problem......Hate to sound like a n00b but what u mean baout hte fork and the TOB?
lol dont worry about it. LS1's dont have the fork, but they do have a throwout bearing.

to the OP, id say try bleeding it again, maybe adjusting the master cylinder after that if need be
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think i might have found the problem. since its a street twin it has the floater in between the disks. dont think the shimming was right. its back within mcleod specs right now. all thats left is to bolt the tranny and the rest of the drivetrain back up and give it a shot.
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if you could keep us updated man

Originally Posted by daves94formula
think i might have found the problem. since its a street twin it has the floater in between the disks. dont think the shimming was right. its back within mcleod specs right now. all thats left is to bolt the tranny and the rest of the drivetrain back up and give it a shot.



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