blkbird_WS-6

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I was at the track this past Saturday, and had made about 3 passes everything seemed normal, and then on my 4th pass I did my burnout, let the line lock loose, and rolled up to the line. I have a habit of taking my car out of gear and coasting up to the line then putting it back in gear. Well when I did this it wouldn't go into gear. I had to shut the car off, put it in gear, then start it, and as I did this the car was rolling with my foot holding the clutch to the floor. What happened here? What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

blkbird_WS-6

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Anyone?

sunsetta

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Everything points to the area of the shift fork or the ball mount for the fork for the clutch not to be fully disengaging. My opinion only.

wrencher

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Sounds like a hydraulic problem. More like the clutch was not fully releasing. What cha got stock clutch? Hows the fluid look?
How did the pedal feel when it did that?
I would fix the potential hydraulic problem B-4 it turns into a bigger one, like doing trans damage.

transam1998

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blkbird_WS-6

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I have a Spec III clutch, pedal felt the same as it has been, also I have the stock hydraulics, but it's an '02 T/A so they are upgraded. You guys think I should go for the slave and master cylinder?

wrencher

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Well I suggest trying to flush the fluid. But I dont care every time I pull the trans & the slave has some 'use' I replace it. I also flush my fluid often, if it starts getting dark I flush it. But it's usually after going to the track that it darkens.
It keeps it alive, & problem free.

transam1998

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I installed the clutch with the slave cylinder shim that came with the kit. I did the drill mod, put it all back together, bled it, got in it, Pedal engaged right off the floor. I drove the car around for a while and the car started getting impossible to find gears.

I ripped the trans off, installed a new, upgraded slave cylinder, put it back together, bled it, no better.

I bled it somemore, no better.

Ripped the trans back off and added some home made sheet aluminum shims, This corrected the problem.

blkbird_WS-6

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The guy that indstalled my Spec didn't use the shim. It was engaging right off the floor, until I smoked it one good time at the track, (long story) and now it engages close to the top. Should I shim the slave?

blkbird_WS-6

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Thank ya man, I'll give it a try. I think I'm gonna stick a new slave in there, do I need to upgrade the master of leave it be?

blkbird_WS-6

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ttt...for more info.

wrencher

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I never messed w/ slave shims. I always used an adjustable master to get the pedal the way I wanted. It sure is alot easier to adjust than a slave shim.

krexken

Kinda sounds like the clutch disc may be stuck to the flywheel is your pedal feels normal.

blkbird_WS-6

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Thanks for your time fellas.

greekss

I had the same problem this past weekend I couldnt GET ANY GEAR... unless I turned the car off pumped the pedal and started it in gear.... so when I limped home I looked at my fluid and it was GOD AWFUL, I mean gross... blacker than night, so we flushed it and for good measure we took the tranny off to inspect the disk (took us 20min to pull the tranny ) so tomorrow we will put it all together and hopefully it will work.

o btw I have a SPEC stg 3, their billet steel flywheel, and my stock '02 hydraulics (42K miles)