Was driving in town and noted the clutch seemed a little soft. Came to
a stop sign, and then went to shift up to 2nd on moving, and the clutch
was just dead - flat and no pressure. I replaced the master sort of on
uh - "it' must be it" reaction (given I'd replaced the slave 6 months
before).
So last night I climbed back under and manually moved the clutch arm
(with slave removed). It moves about 1" towards the front (towards the
SS). If I push it back (like where the SS would push it), it also moves
about an inch. It also makes a click sound and has a certain amount of
rattle/play to it. This is obviously not a very comfortable thing to
hear and makes me think something's fubar in the clutch itself...
Bob Howard wrote:
>Hi Tim,
> New cylinder should be OK. New hose should be OK also.
> That little spring inside the cylinder is not what pushes the slave
>cylinder's piston back into position. It's the force of the clutch
>springs that drive the slave back, pushing the fluid back to the MC at
>the same time.
> You said that you could move the clutch arm fine when the slave
>cylinder is not attached. How much movement do you get? There should be
>a little free motion after which the next 1/2 -5/8 inch of motion is very
>difficult, as that is when the clutch is being separated and you feel the
>resistance of all the clutch springs at work.
> I forget---what was it that lead you to start this work on the
>clutch? As you can see, I'm leading into possible failure of the clutch
>assy itself....
>Bob
>
>
>
>>The piston moves fine manually when the SS is off the car - I can
>>slide it in and out. I noticed that the spring inside does NOT make
>>
>>
>it
>
>
>>come back out all the time. I don't know quite what the spring is
>>supposed to do as it seems pretty weak compared to the friction the
>>
>>
>rubber
>
>
>>ring on the piston has.
>>
>>I can also move the clutch arm that the SS pushes on fine (when the
>>SS is not attached).
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