I was driving home and I felt something really odd when I put the car into fourth gear. I then realized after trying to downshift comming into a stop light I could not put the car into any gear. On the drive to work I had noticed a very slight pop when I slowly accelerated from a stop. I am fairly confused as to what to do since I did not hear/feel any symtoms from a bad throw out bearing, and I don't grind gears or try to race my car all over town. I can also easily shift all the gears in my transmission when the car is off. If i try to start the car in gear the cars tries to lurch foward. After searching I read that the springs in the clutch could of broken, or my pilot bearing may have broken. Some other things to know, I had firm petel feel, plenty of fluid, and the clutch would engage smoothly up until tonight. I have recently replaced the clutch and throwout bearing(10k miles). Any input on this would be appreciated.

 

your clutch went out. this happened to me about a month ago. probably the spring in your clutch disc broke

 

before spending on new clutch, replace master cylinder. sounds like what happened to me

 

I don't think it is the master cylinder since when I push in the clutch pedal I can see the clutch fork move.

 

3rd-gen integra? The fork should move about 12mm back & forth. IF that's ok, then pull the tranny & look for something broke inside the bellhousing.

 

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Pull the tranny is right. Thats a clutch problem, disc most probably.

 

Its something inside the housing, I am thinking it is not the actual clutch tho. I removed the starter motor, and when i press the clutch in the pressure plate only moves about 1mm at the most, not enough to free the clutch from the fly wheel. The fork however moves about 12mm. I am for now going to assume its the throwout bearing, or somehow the fork got bent. I will remove the tranny on monday and get a better idea. I'll probably do a write up for a fast clutch install since I know the one in those haynes manuals are shitty as all hell.

 

waiting for write-up

 

Write-ups are always good, if I ever get my car back from the shop I was thinking about doing one if I manage to get my clutch/flywheel in the right way.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Geno &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its something inside the housing, I am thinking it is not the actual clutch tho. I removed the starter motor, and when i press the clutch in the pressure plate only moves about 1mm at the most, not enough to free the clutch from the fly wheel. The fork however moves about 12mm. I am for now going to assume its the throwout bearing, or somehow the fork got bent. I will remove the tranny on monday and get a better idea. I'll probably do a write up for a fast clutch install since I know the one in those haynes manuals are shitty as all hell.</TD></TR></TABLE>

quickly take the hydraulic lever out and take a peek inside the case, you can prolly see if anything is busted

 

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quickly take the hydraulic lever out and take a peek inside the case, you can prolly see if anything is busted</TD></TR></TABLE>

I was thinking about doin that, gunna have to grab a mirror and a good flashlight cus my head is too big to fit between the radiator and the tranny

 

There's a good write-up on team-integra.net