What could be the problem? Help!

[eclipse001]

Ok so exactly one week ago I was driving my car (99 GSX 92k miles) when i felt that the clutch pedal didn't have much pressure and had a little bit of free play. My 1st and 2nd gear seemed a lot harder then normal to get into 3rd 4th and 5th were good reverse would just grind. So we thought it would be the master cylinder so i have that put in. Turns out there was an aftermarket master cylinder in so i replace it with an oem.

Earlier today I stop by to see the my mechanic and he broke my heart to tell me that the master cylinder did not solve the problem. He told he was going to have to drop the trannie out once again and he wouldn't be able to get to it untill late next week. Its been about a month and a week maybe since i had an ACT 2100 clutch kit put in so that is why i don't understand what could be the problem now.

He told me that the car is drivable but it feels like the clutch does not disengage all the way and he doesn't recommend me driving it. Can anyone help me on what you think could be the problem im getting very frustrated with this car and ready to sell it which i really don't want to . A couple people have told me its symptoms of crankwalk

Yesterday I looked at it if you pump the clutch by hand it gets pressure but when you stop it loses it. Im able to start it just fine and drive it through first gear but cant shift because i have no pressure on my clutch.

 

[90moneypit]

Okay now that we have a pic this should go a little easier. With the clutch pedal 'up' that fork shouldn't be that far over. It looks like it's partially or fully disengaging the clutch right now. You should unbolt the slave and see if the arm returns to the center of that, for lack of a better word, slot. You don't have to disconnect the lines, just unbolt the slave cylinder. It's sounding more and more like a bad throw out bearing though. You can take a peak up into the tranny if you pull that rubber boot off and make sure the fork is still on the pivot ball though. You might even be able to see if there is another problem as well. Make sure you have a flashlight to look.

 

[eclipse001]

Okay now that we have a pic this should go a little easier. With the clutch pedal 'up' that fork shouldn't be that far over. It looks like it's partially or fully disengaging the clutch right now. You should unbolt the slave and see if the arm returns to the center of that, for lack of a better word, slot. You don't have to disconnect the lines, just unbolt the slave cylinder. It's sounding more and more like a bad throw out bearing though. You can take a peak up into the tranny if you pull that rubber boot off and make sure the fork is still on the pivot ball though. You might even be able to see if there is another problem as well. Make sure you have a flashlight to look.

Yeah ive decided im not gonna drive the car till its fixed the clutch does not disengage all the way and once in a while i can smell the clutch cooking so i dont wanna make a 1 month old clutch go bad.

 

[92dsmgst]

when going around a left hand turn do you lose all clutch? are you able to drive it enough to tell? thats a good way to tell for extreme crankwalk according to RRE...

 

[c2ypt1c]

good luck fixing it man. here's some valuable info you should consider: RRE's DSM Flywheel and Clutch Info
flywheel step, pedal adjustment, and fork offset are all covered in this article...

 

[97gst_spyder]

Was the clutch fork and pivot ball replaced? Was the pivot ball shimmed?

 

[eclipse001]

The car is fine the clutch is fine on left hand turns im not worried about crankwalk. The only problem im having is once in a while my 1st and 2nd are a bi*** to get in to. The clutch fork/pivot ball have not been replaced. I ran a compression test on it yesterday just to see i have 150 on all 4 cylinders.