| No Clutch Pedal |
Subject: No Clutch Pedal by jmartynuska on 2010/2/13 6:38:15 '89 ZF w/original clutch to my knowledge... Went to drive to work yesterday, no clutch pedal at all. No warning, no noises. Clutch won't disengage, the pedal has no resistance. Pushing the pedal feels the same with the clutch master attached and unattached. A little background: the slave has been leaking for the past few/three months or so. I just keep the reservoir topped up and haven't had any issues. It did have fluid yesterday. Thinking it was the clutch slave, I bought a new one - a cast Bendix with the bleeder at 10:00. Took pretty much forever to get the old one out and the new one in. Same result - no pedal at all. When I removed the old slave fluid came out of the clutch side of the cylinder, so it did have an internal leak. I pushed on the clutch fork and it didn't feel loose. When i reinstalled the slave I felt for the rod to make sure it was engaging the clutch fork and felt resistance when i pushed the slave up into the bell housing. I pulled the clutch inspection plate but I really don't know what I was looking for or expecting to find. All I saw was flywheel. After the slave was installed and still didn't work, I pulled the clutch master off. Pushed on the rod while I held my finger over the outlet and felt pressure. I got fluid out of the slave bleeder so I know fluid was passing through the system. It's my daily driver for the moment, not my ideal but it is what it is. Any ideas? I'm pretty much at wits end after thrashing for 9 hours on this thing. Would the master provide enough pressure to feel with the finger test but not provide anywhere near enough pressure to move the fluid/slave/pressure plate? |
