Grinding in reverse and sticky clutch...

[dantsi]

Let me first start off by saying that I live in South Dakota, the high today was 24 degrees (above, not below)

So I went out to start my car this morning, and normally I double clutch, back out and let it warm up... I usually start up the car from the cold and then go into reverse and let it warm up -- but something happened this time...

As I went to back out, I tried to put my car in reverse and I grinded it...

So I pulled the ebrake up, let go of the clutch -- but my clutch was sticky -- so I had to dig my foot underneath the clutch and bring it back to the front. So again, I released the ebrake and tried to put my car in reverse, but again I grinded -- I did this for 3 or 4 times and I had no luck backing my car out....

So after 10 minutes of letting my car warm up, I was able to get into reverse and the clutch worked fine...

So I'm at work, and the car has been sitting there for about 8 hours and I went out to start it up, and it did the same thing as it did this morning...

Does cold weather affect the clutch and gears? Or am I experiencing something different?

 

[Musashi450]

check your clutch fluid resevoir. I'm putting money down that your dry. Are you leaking clutch fluid near the top of your clutch pedal? If so your clutch master cylinder is shot. Next check the clutch slave cylindar. Pull back the boot on it and look to see if its full of clutch fluid.
-Chris

 

[dantsi]

check your clutch fluid resevoir. I'm putting money down that your dry. Are you leaking clutch fluid near the top of your clutch pedal? If so your clutch master cylinder is shot. Next check the clutch slave cylindar. Pull back the boot on it and look to see if its full of clutch fluid.
-Chris

Hmm, I haven't found anything on my foot, but I've been thinking of doing a tranny flush, I haven't done one of those for almost a year, could that be it?

 

[me612]

I find it helps to throw the car in 1st before putting it in reverse. My car doesn't like to just go into reverse, it grinds sometimes, but if I shift to 1st real quick, then it shifts into reverse just fine. Give it a shot. You don't have to drive it in first or move the car in first, just push in the clutch, move the stick to first, then to reverse. See if it goes into reverse a little nicer.