clutch will NOT disengauge

[92_6bolt_1290]

I have a 92 GSX and my clutch will not disengauge at all it feels like. I have an ACT 2600 pressure plate(came in good condition with the car) and brand new ACT street disk. From the driver seat i can press the clutch pedal down about 2 inches before i feel any real resistance. From under the car if someone is pressing all the way down on the clutch pedal the slave cylinder pushes the fork maybe a half inch total. I have a new slave cylinder and have bled the system about 3 times so far to make sure i have no air in the lines and i have also tried adjusting the rod from the master cylinder under the dash but it seems to have no effect. I'm thinking that the problem lies in the master cylinder itself due to the car sitting for quite some time but i really don't want to go throwing money into my money pit(even though i love the thing to death). Can anyone give me a second opinion on this issue???

 

[red1993gsallmt]

ive been there, sounds like your clutch pedal assembly is worn, push your clutch down then let it back up and reach down there with your hand and pull up on your pedal, if it comes up about 1/4-1/2in your pedal assembly is worn. once you fix that good luck with the street disc and 2600pp, i will never run an act sprung disk with anything more then a 2100 again. The springs on the disc hit the pp fingers when you disengage it causing clucthdrag and then high rpm lock out. Try a spec, i think they are way better then act, act has gone down hill. also southbend looks good

 

[SpawnedX]

In before crankwalk is blamed.

Seriously though, could just be your fork. Could also be as stated above. Step 1, drop the tranny.

 

[92_6bolt_1290]

ive been there, sounds like your clutch pedal assembly is worn, push your clutch down then let it back up and reach down there with your hand and pull up on your pedal, if it comes up about 1/4-1/2in your pedal assembly is worn. once you fix that good luck with the street disc and 2600pp, i will never run an act sprung disk with anything more then a 2100 again. The springs on the disc hit the pp fingers when you disengage it causing clucthdrag and then high rpm lock out. Try a spec, i think they are way better then act, act has gone down hill. also southbend looks good

its a solid street disk with no springs(yay) but that sounds exactly like my problem so what exactly did you have to replace to fix it?
and as for the crankwalk issue this is a totally new build right here. i baught it from a guy who screwed the timing by not replacing the hydraulid tensioner then let the car sit for 2 years so i went with pretty much all new internals

 

[SpawnedX]

It's obviously not crankwalk. That's a tongue in cheek comment made to display the humor in how quick people jump to catastrophic failure on this forum. I thought it was kinda clear by how I worded it...

 

[red1993gsallmt]

its a solid street disk with no springs(yay) but that sounds exactly like my problem so what exactly did you have to replace to fix it?
and as for the crankwalk issue this is a totally new build right here. i baught it from a guy who screwed the timing by not replacing the hydraulid tensioner then let the car sit for 2 years so i went with pretty much all new internals

i took the time to make copper bushings and weld mine, you can have it welded but that is hard to do without melting the plastic/nylon bushing (thats why i made copper ones) or buy a pedal assembly from shep or any other vender that sells them. Havefun pulling the pedal assembly, i always get a pounding headach when im under the dash too long

 

[92_6bolt_1290]

honestly i think i'd rather have crankwalk() ### i've pulled engines and tranny's out of 1G AWD's about 5 times in the last 3 months so it gets progressively easier...as of right now i still can't quite figure out how the heck i'm gonna get the pedal assembly out without getting angry and setting something on fire

 

[ReYnd]

There could be a lot of things causing your problems. A leak isn't likely to be the sole cause, unless it's huge and you somehow didn't notice your fluid was disappearing. Though it could be a contributing factor. Check your master, slave, and every inch of the line between them.

Check your pedal as described in the first reply. If you can't pull it up a perceivable amount with a finger or two, it's probably not your problem.

Next up are the things you'll have to pull the tranny to assess. The shift fork could be bent or broken, its little pivot ball could be worn down, or your throwout bearing could be toast. You may also be missing some pressure plate fingers.

That's luckily about all that could cause your problem. Adjust the rod going into the master cylinder under the dash properly and you should be in business when everything else is accounted for.

 

[92_6bolt_1290]

well the pedal assembly was pretty messed up to the point of where i had an inch of freeplay at the pedal so i made new bushings for it and welded the piece that the master cylinder adjustment rod bolts to and even a not fully bled system feels a heck of a lot better than it was. i'll have to vacuum bleed it to make sure everything is perfect then see how it is.