C_Rock77

Ok, here's the situation in the most complete way I can think of to relate. I've been having problems with my clutch disengaging. Since I'd replaced my clutch with a Clutchmasters Stage 3 kit about 800 miles ago, I automatically assumed that the spongy pedal feel was coming from the hydraulic system. So, I went out and got a new Master and Slave cylinder for the clutch.

we replaced the cylinders........Then, we bled the system. The pedal felt great. I start it up and clutch it once or twice while running. After 2-4 clutchings, pedal goes to sponge. Kill it with the pedal on the floor and pull my foot off of the pedal, and the pedal only rebounds an inch or 2. PULL the pedal up manually with the car still off, and the clutch pedal pressure was restored. The pedal pressure felt great again..nice and firm. Start up the engine and clutch it a few times.....pedal goes to sponge. I ran damn near 1/2 a BIG bottle of brake fluid thru it, so there are no air bubbles in the lines.

When I push in the clutch a few inches with the engine running, I feel vibrations in the clutch, and can hear it under the hood, too. The sounds I hear correspond with what I FEEL in the pedal.

What does this sound like to you guys? Throw-out bearing? It's new, only 800 or so miles on it. So, I didn't think that was it, initially. Actually, I think I was determined to try EVERYTHING I could before I pulled the tranny!

ANY advice ANYONE has relating to this would be GREATLY appreciated! If anyone's had an experience like this with their clutch, PLEASE let me know what your remedy was!

Thanks in advance!

tegmech

I wouldn't think it would be a bad throwout bearing because you would be hearing a squeaking noise. Is the clutch aligned properly?

SIanara

hey i have the same problem, kinda.... here's my exact- i have a spoon clutch in my gsr. i bought it like that, i purchased it even thouh the car didnt run @ the time.(hadnt drivin' it-but i knew that it drove)i got it to my house on a trailer. and started it(i found the msd problem) and i let the clutch out in Nuetral. it sounded like metal just clunking around in my tranny. i find out later on by a mechanic that i was referred to by my boss, it 's the input shaft and or bearing.->cheaper for used tranny-cept the gsr tranny is rareone question.... in those 80miles have you been slammin' your gears hard when drivin? b/c that 's what caused my tranny to start gooin. my car has roughly 82,000 on it. i put 1500 on it scince i bought it and has been driving it witht he tranny like that the whole time... it's still holdin up...cept for my timing belt that just broke.... yea i'ts rough.....

C_Rock77

During those 800 miles, I GRANNY drove the car for the first 500 (clutch break-in). After that, I banged on it a little. Then again, that's what a Stage 3 clutch is for! I haven't been slamming gears w/o the clutch, I've been shifting by rev-matching.

I've talked to a couple shops. They're stumped, too. I guess I'm gonna have to pull the tranny and look for myself.

SIanara

i dont mean baging gears w/o the clutch i mean dumping it through several gears. like chirping 2nd and 3rd.... keep asking around. go to a transmission speacialist, that's what i did.......ceept i dont have the $$$ to get a new tranny, i'm gonna wait it out till this one takes a dump on me