clutch problem...
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clutch problem...
(hot weather, 80 degress or so)as i was driving through a neighborhood in first gear, i went to shift to 2nd gear and my hand slipped while putting it in 2nd so i quickly dumped teh clutch, put it in 2nd and released the clutch. as i released it the clutch only came out half way, i put it into 1st gear and it still only came out half way. parked it, tried to pump the clutch but it just stayed on the floor, it had no pressure.
this has happend twice before and it happend when it was hot outside. the frist time it hapend i took it to a mechanic and by the time he got to driving it, the clutch was fine, he drove it around, soft and hard. he then took apart some parts of the clutch to see if there was any problems but he found none, put it back together drove it again and it was running perfectly fine. the 2nd time it happend, hot day, it was at my friends house, i left it there over night and the very next day i went back it was perfectly fine....
it gets me to think that when its out hot, it may create an air bubble or evaporate some of the hydrolic fluid in the hossing. i read in my manuel that it may be 1. broken release bearing or fork/ 2. hydraulic release system leaking or air in the system/ 3. over-center spring in clutch pedal assembly broken.
has this happend to anybody here? what did you do to fix this problem.
this has happend twice before and it happend when it was hot outside. the frist time it hapend i took it to a mechanic and by the time he got to driving it, the clutch was fine, he drove it around, soft and hard. he then took apart some parts of the clutch to see if there was any problems but he found none, put it back together drove it again and it was running perfectly fine. the 2nd time it happend, hot day, it was at my friends house, i left it there over night and the very next day i went back it was perfectly fine....
it gets me to think that when its out hot, it may create an air bubble or evaporate some of the hydrolic fluid in the hossing. i read in my manuel that it may be 1. broken release bearing or fork/ 2. hydraulic release system leaking or air in the system/ 3. over-center spring in clutch pedal assembly broken.
has this happend to anybody here? what did you do to fix this problem.
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did that to me once or twice...
i burnt the hell outta the clutch racing. I revved it to high and let the clutch out slowly and it just stuck at the bottom. I glaized it bad then. After a few minutes of me taking it easy all was good. Transfluid got too hot. It recovered after I babied it for 2 weeks and all was good. smelt real bad for like 3 days though.
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hahah wow...started working again, after about 3 hours.
it was funny, i went back to whre my car was with my dad and checked to see if it worked and it didnt. popped the hood, checked to see level of the hydrolic fluid and it was ok. screwed it back on and pumped the clutch pretty hard and a lot. took the cap off and went to pump it again to see if there was any air bubbles, right when we did that it worked. so i dont know what happend, but im assuming when its hot out an air bubble may get created in the lines and just expand due to heat or something. i think im going to power bleed the lines, hope that will help.
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