engagement issue, please help!

[crazyboost]

Recently I had trouble shifting gears and found out that my master cylinder was leaking, so I rebuilt both the master and slave cylinders and bleed both of them going by the tech article. But now my pedal won't come all the way up, and it won't engage fully so when i go WOT the clutch slips. I tried adjust the clutch adjustment rod so that it will grab right off the floor, but that only makes the clutch pedal travel shorter (now the pedal will come only half way up) I can pull it up with my foot or hand the rest of the way with ease, and then push it back down again but it won't give me any resistance until it gets to the halfway point. What is going on here? anyone have this problem before? thanks guys.

 

[Dream On]

Adjust the pedal the other way, so the master rod is moving towards the firewall, away from the c bracket.

 

[crazyboost]

I tried adjust it the other way, the engagement point just starts higher off the floor. The pedal comes up a little higher but i can still lift it up an inch or two, and clutch still slips at WOT. The clutch is the SBR 3500 kit and it was installed less than a year ago, and has only been launched twice, so i would that the clutch is not the issue here. Anyone else have any ideas? I can adjust the rod a little bit more but a few more turns and the rod will be off the c bracket. Do you think i need to repair the clutch pedal assembly (the link with the welding and bushing repair in the tech forums)? Is there anyway to tell if thats what i need to do? Thanks

 

[Dream On]

If you can push the pedal down, let it back up, and still pull the pedal up more, then you need to remove and weld the assembly. It's not really that hard, but its just a bi*** to take out. I recommend taking the seat out...

 

[crazyboost]

So I went and check it out again, and the pedal can definitely move a lot without the spring coil compressing/moving or without the master cylinder rod moving. Which would mean i have a ton of play in my assembly and it needs to be welded. My question is, would this be causing my clutch to slip because it isnt engaging all the way? or is my fairly new sbr clutch already slipping? If i welded the assembly would the rod come out more so that the clutch would be fully engaged or what is going on here? thanks

 

[1stGenRocks]

the way i understand it since you have the rod adjusted to mostly work with a lot of slack in the linkage you are putting constant pressure on the master since your cluthc linkage only give you half the travel its supposed to. you definately need to repair your linkage so i would do that first then worry about adjusting it.

if you drove it much with the linkage adjusted that way then you may have worn the clutch prematurly from it slipping.

 

[crazyboost]

Yea i am in the process of taking the whole assembly right now (its a b*tch!), but i didn't drive it very much after my master and slave cylinder rebuild, probably only 20 miles or so. And the only time i noticed it slipped is when i floored it 3 or 4 times. I kept trying to adjust it but it wouldn't work, so i noticed that the assembly has a ton of slack on it. Hopefully when i get it welded and back on the clutch won't be slipping. ### i dont want to shell out another 400 bones for a new sbr 3500.