paul92

Hello, This is my first post on the forums, I've been reading through the treads and have found similar problems to what im having but nothing has hit the nail on the head so far. I have a T-56 behind a Stock 99 LS-1 motor in a 70 Camaro. I am using a wilwood 3/4 Master cylinder. it ran great for about a month and then the clutch wouldn't fully diengage so i tried bleeding the whole system multiple times but the clutch would still not fully disengage, I bout a set of shims from Tick and it fixed the problem the clutch began to engage about 1/4 out of the the stroke and by 1/2 stroke i had full engagement, then all of the sudden a month later i had the same problem where the clutch wouldn't disengage. I think it may possibly be a bad pilot bearing? or bad slave? a side not im using a c5 bell housing and even after the headers have cooled down the bell housing is still pretty hot, but theres no smell of a burning clutch pad. Any ideas as to what may be going on?

ramair 1

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is the routing of the hydraulic lines running close to headers ,i had a similar issue with the line getting the fluid really hot

paul92

The closest it gets is about 1 to 2 inches to the headers, but it gives me the issue when its hot or cold is that still too close? also changing the fluid dosent fix the issue.

ramair 1

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yeah you should be fine on the lines ,i doubt you have a pilot bearing issue i would be more leaning toward the slave are the shims you installed still in place

paul92

yeah they sure are

paul92

any ideas as to why it would work perfectly fine and then not disengage after less than 400 miles?

SNLPerformance

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Does the pedal feel any different? Do you have a speedbleeder? What kind of pressure plate? Are you sure the pilot bearing is in good shape?

SPEC-01

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Do you notice any difference in release if you pump the pedal? Are you hearing any sounds now that weren't present originally?