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Old 08-02-2008   #5
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Re: clutch problems need major help!!!

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Originally Posted by brando View Post
ok so some of you might know of my buddy "doc". well have just finished his fully built fwd and the only thing that is holding us up from driving it is that for some reason the slave wont open all the way when we push the clutch in. its supposed to move 3/4 of an inch or more and its only moving 1/2 inch. this problem originally occurred when we pulled the old tranny and after that we could never get the clutch to work right. since then we swapped the built motor in and all new clutch components. master, slave, peddle assembly, braided clutch line, fidanza clutch and flywheel, TOB, everything. we bled from the master, slave, and bled the slave itself and still nothing different, its still a 1/4 inch short. the only way we can get the clutch to work properly is to push the clutch in to get the slave to move out as far as it will go and then clamp on to it with a vice grips then it will open enough to disengage the clutch otherwise it doesn't move far enough .

please can you tell us whats wrong he needs this car to drive till we get another one of the cars running and we need to get this done before the end of the year



Clutch fork bent?
Bleed back thru the master or slave cylinder?
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