this is my first hydro tranny i attempted. after it was put back together i pressed the clutch pedal and it stayed on the floor. tried bleeding the system, didnt work at all. seems like the clutch fork wasnt springing back on it's own. dropped the tranny again and tried it again... no go. with the tranny separated from the car, if i push the clutch fork with my hand, shouldnt it spring back on it's own?

not sure what else it could be... and ideas?

 

dont you have to keep pumping the pedal till the fluid gets in the system? .. once my pedal stayed on the floor and i added more brakeing fluid to where you put the clutch fluid and i kept on pumping the pedal till it was stiff... takes alot of pumping!

 

thanks for the response. i pumped it with my hand (since the clutch pedal wouldnt spring back) several times... added fluid and everything. tried bleeding the system, didnt help.
it seems like the clutch fork is always depressed (clutch engaged) and wont spring back (disengage).
does the spring on the back of the clutch fork actually make the fork spring back? it doesnt seem like it is working...

 

ttt

 

the spring is not what makes the pedal come back... i belive it is the fluid .. cuz mine did the same thing and my spring did not do anything.

 

You have to bleed the clutch to get the air out of the system. Then your "petal" will come back.

Chris

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlueHatch00 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You have to bleed the clutch to get the air out of the system. Then your "petal" will come back.

Chris</TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly. Go get yourself some DOT 4 brake fluid and a partner, and it will only take you 5 minutes. The bleeder valve is on the clutch slave cylinder, which you'll find on the front of the transmission. (This is a 94+ Integra, right?)

Pump your pedal until it has pressure and comes back on it's own, open the valve to bleed it, shut the valve, check the fluid in the reservoir, and pump the pedal again. Repeat this until you pedal is back to "normal".

 

yeah, it's a 95 ls

i was trying to bleed the system for a while but no fluid or air was coming out of the bleeder valve. it seemed like the little piston was extended all the way out but wouldnt retract since the fork was not "springing" it back.

when pumping the pedal while bleeding, should the clutch pedal stay down the whole time and you have to pull it back up with your hand? that is what mine was doing...


Modified by RedlineRex at 9:40 AM 1/31/2005

 

that may indeed happen. don't worry. just do it. search on h-t if you need. i'm sure there are dozens of articles outlining the procedure. if you do it right and still can't get it to work, check and make sure you put the slave piston back in the cylinder correctly. i put it in catywhompus once and it leaked like a seive when i tried to bleed it and wouldn't hold fluid until i figured it out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RedlineRex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, it's a 95 ls

i was trying to bleed the system for a while but no fluid or air was coming out of the bleeder valve. it seemed like the little piston was extended all the way out but wouldnt retract since the fork was not "springing" it back.

when pumping the pedal while bleeding, should the clutch pedal stay down the whole time and you have to pull it back up with your hand? that is what mine was doing...


Modified by RedlineRex at 9:40 AM 1/31/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes the pedal will stay on the ground you need to lift it up and down over and over till you get alittle pressure and then you can start pushing it down and pumping it faster once it forces up alittle .. in about 10 or 15 mins it should be hard again.. if you got a friend you both can take turns pumpin it cuz it will take a while ...

 

that's what i needed to hear, so i just need to keep bleeding it... nice to know i wasted my time pulling my tranny again... i deserve it tho.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95lstegman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that may indeed happen. don't worry. just do it. search on h-t if you need. i'm sure there are dozens of articles outlining the procedure. if you do it right and still can't get it to work, check and make sure you put the slave piston back in the cylinder correctly. i put it in catywhompus <U></U>once and it leaked like a seive when i tried to bleed it and wouldn't hold fluid until i figured it out.</TD></TR></TABLE>


GREAT WORD LOL

I would say back to the discussion but it seems as tho the person that asked the Q has found the answer so....

 

The slave cylinder should not be extended. The clutch fork should be putting pressure on that thing the whole time. And when the slave does start to extend then you will feel pressure on the clutch pedal. If the slave is all the way extended then you have some problems. It would be something in the tranny, either pressure plate fingers are not positioned right(bad clutch/pressure plate), clutch fork is bent, broken or not on the pivot ball, or maybe something wrong with your throw out bearing.