New 2600 not Disengaging / Pressure Plate Rubbing

[HartmanMS]

So I got a new ACT 2600 clutch kit, ACT XACT flywheel, new OEM Mitsu throw-out bearing, new OEM fork/ball, new OEM slave, and full stainless line on my 97 GST the other day and bled the hell out of it. I bled and bled and bled and bled, as per Strm Trpr's writeup.

The problem is that it won't disengage fully. I can have the car up on jack stands and force it into gear with no grinds but with the pedal on the floor the wheels spin and the brakes kill it just like it were engaged completely. The fork is moving plenty far enough where it should disengage the pressure plate, the pedal is adjusted all the way up, nothing has changed a thing. Also, when I pulled the fork boot back I noticed the pressure plate has light rub marks on the yellow cover, can't tell if they are from the fork or the housing somewhere. I am out of ideas... Did ACT send me a defective flywheel/clutch or is something just fuc*ed up in there mechanically?

I am definitely not immune from screwing something up during the install but I'm a mechanic when I'm not in school, and I have never had a clutch install go wrong before after probably 10-15 of them. I want to pull the transmission in my garage again about as much as I want to be beaten with a club, but that's my next move unless I can figure something else out. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Blake

 

[HartmanMS]

Well, I am going to pull the transmission this afternoon after I finish some errands and I will update you guys on the problem. Might as well share in case someone has a similar problem in the future.

 

[HartmanMS]

Well at least it was simple, I just got in a hurry when I put it together, that and it was about 4am at that point, and I forgot to torque the pressure plate to flywheel bolts, they were just loose. Nothing majorly wrong and everything looked fine, so I went ahead and bolted it all back together last night and it works great. I get to drive my car again!

 

[PieEyedPiper]

Glad you got it sorted out in short order.
I was worried you had shimmed the pivot ball too much, by the symptoms.