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tpunx99GSX
08-16-2006, 02:07 PM
Ok so the last three weeks have been hell.

Three weeks ago i made a quick pull to see how my car was doing with the new turbo, and when i backed off of it (after slightly grinding the 2-3 shift, i hit some traffic so i slowed down, and when i went to shift from neutral to first it wouldnt go into gear, when i finally just slammed it into gear the car started trying to pull forward as if the clutch wasnt fully disengaged, well being my stupid self i kept driving and made it almost all the way home slamming it into every gear. finally i pulled into a 7/11 parking lot and went inside to see if they had a pliers to adjust my clutch. They didnt. So i made the worst decision of my life, i decided to drive it to another place along the road that may have something i could use.
I pulled out onto the road and again slammed it into gear, and right away, bam no third gear. i quickly put it back into second and pull into big lots. and all of the sudden, no gears period, the shifter wont move.
i push the car back into a parking spot and get it towed home.
Well i took out the tranny after a week of the car sitting in the garage and send it out to a shop to get it fixed. They do that and i get it back, Install it, and it goes into gears and out of gears just fine while on jackstands.
But when i press on the brake while the clutch is all the way down i hear a loud grind and the car wants to die. So basically im back to the initial problem of the clutch not fully disengaging.
Yesterday i replaced the clutch disk which was fried, (requred taking the tranny off and putting it on for the second time in 4 days) i put the tranny back on thinking that i may have found the solution. but no SAME PROBLEM. (at this point im ready to kill someone).
So we head to a 24 hour Autozone that happens to have the clutch slave cylinder, i replace that at 12:30 am (at this point i have been working on my car for a straight 15 hours with no breaks except to go buy parts), the clutch slave cylinder does not correct the problem.
No more, i say, no more. Im taking the freakin car to a shop very soon, im sick of pulling that tranny to replace parts that arent gonna fix the problem. Someone shoot me please.
::End rant::
Tom

blageo23
08-16-2006, 02:16 PM
Is your clutch fork broken or bent? Did you properly bleed the clutch? That sucks tho man!!!

Kracka
08-16-2006, 02:22 PM
Clutch master cylinder man....I've been telling you that since day 1 on the phone.

blageo23
08-16-2006, 02:26 PM
Oh Yah I thought he said he replaced that. BUY ONE! Its your best bet and its easy.

tpunx99GSX
08-16-2006, 02:33 PM
The thing is, If i look at the thrust bearing fork, it looks like its pressed the whole way, and pretty much hitting the bell housing of the transmission. So that is why i am totally thinking that its NOT the cylinders.
and the screeching that happens makes me want to cry every time i hear that. Even if i push the clutch in hard while the car is in neutral i hear that damn screech and grind. its more prominant when i have it in hear and push the break. This is why im saying fuck it, its going to a shop. Let them deal with it.

Nash
08-16-2006, 02:43 PM
Could be the pressure plate.

tpunx99GSX
08-16-2006, 03:01 PM
Could be the pressure plate.
BAH, Dont tell me that, thats not what i want to hear.
Its an ACT 2100 Pressure plate, The splines that go in do not look bent or worn at all. The outer yellow area looks a little beat up but not bad really. When the rubber peices inside the clutch plate got shredded i made sure that all of the rubber was out of the pressure plate.

s1ngletracker
08-16-2006, 03:10 PM
is the tranny off right now? If the lever is getting pushed all the way in and out, its neither of your cylinders.

Seriously... Have you checked for crankwalk? If the crank is walking your clutch could still be engaged with the pedal all the way in. Its very possible.

A//// Guy
08-16-2006, 03:12 PM
I never liked my ACT clutch, they have alot of quality problems. It does sound like its either the PP or the master cylinder. Did you adjust the master cylinder while bleeding it so engagement is high enough?

Also did you use a new TOB?

When you had the tranny fixed did they rip everything apart and see what all was broken? Or just fix what you thought was broken?

s1ngletracker
08-16-2006, 03:18 PM
I assume that any place he sent it to would have at least told him if there was problems in it other than what they were fixing, if not actually fix them. Unless this is a shitty place and they didn't fix/inspect the transmission properly.

If his release lever is getting pushed all the way to the housing (which is the purpose of the clutch hydraulic system) then it wouldn't be the clutch master, slave, or pedal adjustment.

Could still be the pressure plate though.

wait.. .this is a 6 bolt isnt it? Nevermind my comment about crankwalk :)