Tranny/Clutch Help
Tranny/Clutch Help Last week I let my dad drive me car (First Mistake). He called me and said he lost the clutch (pedal would go straight to the floor).
We got the car back to the house, I looked underneath and there was a bunch of fluid leaking from the slave cylinder...so I thought, no problem, just go get another slave cylinder.
I was a little ticked because I just replaced the clutch, slave, and master cylinder for the clutch only about 2000 miles ago.
Anyways, here is the problem...
I got a new slave cylinder, bled the system, and put in the slave cylinder. When I pushed the pedal it went about half way then got rock hard...then I depressed the pedal and went to press it again and the pedal was rock hard.
After removal of the slave cylinder...I noticed the shift fork where the master cylinder rod connects was stuck fully depressed (which means the car is stuck with the clutch engaged).
I just moved and don't really have a way to pull the transmission from the engine with my equipment.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Has anyone ever got around this without removing the transmission?
Any help and input is appreciated.
Otherwise I'm gonna have to get her towed to the shop and have them do their thing.
We got the car back to the house, I looked underneath and there was a bunch of fluid leaking from the slave cylinder...so I thought, no problem, just go get another slave cylinder.
I was a little ticked because I just replaced the clutch, slave, and master cylinder for the clutch only about 2000 miles ago.
Anyways, here is the problem...
I got a new slave cylinder, bled the system, and put in the slave cylinder. When I pushed the pedal it went about half way then got rock hard...then I depressed the pedal and went to press it again and the pedal was rock hard.
After removal of the slave cylinder...I noticed the shift fork where the master cylinder rod connects was stuck fully depressed (which means the car is stuck with the clutch engaged).
I just moved and don't really have a way to pull the transmission from the engine with my equipment.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Has anyone ever got around this without removing the transmission?
Any help and input is appreciated.
Otherwise I'm gonna have to get her towed to the shop and have them do their thing.
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Clutch fork is stuck on something I'm thinking...
If you can't actually take the tranny out, I would buy a few long 4" bolts with the same metric thread as your tranny-to-bellhousing bolts. Swap them with the tranny-to-bellhousing bolts, then unbolt your shifter, driveshaft, and torque arm. Slide a regular floor jack under the tailshaft housing of your tranny and unbolt the cross brace. This will allow you to slide the tranny back a few inches without actually removing the whole thing. You can also unbolt and replace your clutch fork from there if its broken.
If you can't actually take the tranny out, I would buy a few long 4" bolts with the same metric thread as your tranny-to-bellhousing bolts. Swap them with the tranny-to-bellhousing bolts, then unbolt your shifter, driveshaft, and torque arm. Slide a regular floor jack under the tailshaft housing of your tranny and unbolt the cross brace. This will allow you to slide the tranny back a few inches without actually removing the whole thing. You can also unbolt and replace your clutch fork from there if its broken.
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Our clutch forks are damn near bullet-proof. I've never damaged or bent one but I've heard of guys that have.
It very well could be a problem with the throwout bearing, or possibly the little clip that attaches it to the diaphragm of the pressure plate. Unfortunately you're going to have to slide that tranny back and get a better look.
It very well could be a problem with the throwout bearing, or possibly the little clip that attaches it to the diaphragm of the pressure plate. Unfortunately you're going to have to slide that tranny back and get a better look.
I still love to drive it. It's not a DD, so i'm not really in a hurry. I think I'm just gonna have it taken to my guy who does all the work I can't.
I've got AAA, so I can get it towed for free. It's just that I moved about 3 months ago and don't have near the work space to tackle projects anymore.
