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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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I have these two springs that mysteriously fell out from under the dash when I removed the bottom panel to take the master cylinder out. They are round spring with the end of the spring poking out sideways, one sticking out on each side of the spring at different ends. They are black appr. 1/2" wide. Im lost? My pedal has good pressure but feels floppy at first.
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Old Nov 25, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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im in the same boat buddy.. iv tried searching for diagrams but cant find n e thing let me know if you solve the prob
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Old Nov 25, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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I looked and still can't find any place for them to go. Maybe they hold the panel up or something? Somebody chime in.
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Old Nov 25, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Its actually one spring that is way up at the top of the clutch pedal. My spring broke about 2 months ago. It fits up around where the master rod attaches and it is a pain to replace.
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Old Nov 25, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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where did you get another spring? i lost the old one that broke so i cant match one up .. gm looks at me like im crazy
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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i forgot all about this ... i parked my car in storage for about 4 months and when i returned home to my car the clutch pedal spring was laying on my floormat ..that was about 3 years ago, and havent notice anything different with the pedal..this must be common?
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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I'll get you guys a part number tommorow. It is a common problem, as a matter of fact I think there is a tsb on it. I'll get it tommorow when I get to work.
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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where did you get another spring? i lost the old one that broke so i cant match one up .. gm looks at me like im crazy
The parts guy your talking to is a moron. Thats why hes looking at you like that. Not only can should he be able to give you a part number but I'm sure he has an illustration of the entire thing. From my experience with dealership parts departments there is usually 1 or 2 guys that know their stuff. The rest of the guys that are there are just filler.
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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I have broken 5........After the 4th I left it out for like a year and a half.......I finally decided to replace it when I changed my master cylinder. I broke it after about 3 months of it being in.....I give up on these things. There is enough hydrolic pressure to return the pedal so I'm not too worried about it
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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That springs are useless. They are not there to return the master cylinder (this is done by both the spring inside the master cylinder but more importantly the pressure plate springs pushing back on the throw-out bearing). The purpose of these springs are to keep the clutch peddle "tight" and thus prevent any rattling. Less than a month after I bought my car (new from the dealership), I had the spring snap and fall out. I had it replaced under warranty (figured “hey, why not, it’s free”) but less than a month later, the new spring broke. At this point I didn’t feel like wasting time playing with it. So in short, 5 years without a spring and not an issue (when you understand the system, you see there wouldn't be any issue).
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Old Nov 27, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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10278874 is the part number.


Service Bulletin 02-07-31-001 just in case you guys need more info to get the right part from GM.
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Old Nov 27, 2006 | 05:26 PM
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Talked to a tech from Ram and he said I should replace it but if supersix has already gone through it 5 times, I'm not going to waste money on it. If they pass them out for free like key chains, then yeah, I'd replace it.
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