Engagement/Extremely rough shifting problem

[GinNBoost]

Well upon driving to school the other day I was stuck in traffic and I went to get going again from a stop when suddenly my clutch pedal started acting up. It felt like I couldn't push it all the way to the floor...almost as if something was blocking it. To top it off, I couldn't get into first gear either. I was getting frantic because I was holding up my lane of cars. After shutting the car off, I started it back up and then I pushed in the clutch pedal with all my might and grinded into 1st and got going. Needless to say I had to go home immediately. It was extremely hard getting into any gear. I had to literally force the gears to go in. Upon reaching home I got out of the car and there was the faint smell of my clutch burning. When the car is off I can shift through the gears with no problem or resistance. Also when I push the clutch pedal in with the car off, it makes this odd...I guess...clicking noise. Anyone have an idea of what it could be? I searched around and it sounds like a clutch fork or throwout bearing problem. Is that accurate? And are these tough/expensive parts to replace (like does the whole tranny have to come out?). I really hope it's not my clutch. I just had it put in last summer. (though I have been to the track a few times since then) Thanks for the help though...

 

[kelvinb]

check your shift linkage that bolts to the tranny, make sure its all tight and not moving around. check your linkage under the shift boot and make sure everything is good there also. throw out bearing will require you to drop the tranny. shift fork will require you to open the tranny.

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that little cylinder looking piece around the shaft is the throw out bearing. you cant really see in the pictures, but that one royally f'd the shaft up. anyways its really easy to change, just dont get a junk one. do you have any local dsmers around to help? im sure they could maybe assist you with finding out what the problem is.

how many miles does your clutch setup have?

 

[beat90tsi]

I had a similar problem. Try pumping the clutch pedal. If that helps it's probably in your hydraulic clutch system somewhere. When mine started acting up I did my slave and master because they were both old.

You can try just adjusting the rod in the footwell on the master cyl.

You may just need to bleed the clutch.

Good luck.
Jon

 

[axxis1]

First of all, there is a bolt underneath the clutch slave cylinder on the trans that goes in from the driver side. That may have vibrated loose and backed out slightly. If this is the case then when you push the clutch in, then the pressure from the slave will actually push the trans away from the block a good little bit not allowing the clutch to fully disengage and allow smooth shifting.
This happened to me recently and I changed everything. I finally had the G/F push the clutch in while I had it on the lift. So hopefully it is this simple. GOOD LUCK!!

 

[adidas_coin]

Try bleeding and filling your clutch fluid.