I think I just found a huge problem in my build and I wanna cry

I pretty much built a motor from scratch, my first ever top to bottom. Its a D16A6 motor

Ive got pretty much everything buttoned up and installed in the car, today I was finishing up and I connected the clutch cable to the tranny and tightenned down the plastic nut.

I pulled up on the lever that it attaches to and it goes up without anyforce being needed, just barely have to touch it and the lever raises. I pushed it up hard a few times continuously and you can hear it ting off of something, sounds like the little clutch fingers...............

I jumped in the car and sure enough there was ZERO pedal pressure.

Im actually really sad now cause i thought everything was going great and I find this at the worst possible time.

The clutch is a clutch specialties 6 puck unsprung, cable transmission.

I really need help as to what it could be and what I have to do to fix it. I really dont want to have to pull the motor, my parents would freak and I need the car asap.

Someone Please HELP!

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COULD I BE MISSING THIS BOLT!!



Modified by Oceanic at 11:56 AM 1/13/2006

 

sounds like either your clutch cable broke (which I've had happen to me while driving -- easy fix) or your throwout bearing broke (which has also happened to me, but not while driving -- pita cause you gotta pull the tranny off).

 

The throwout bearing is brand new

i dont think the cable broke because I can lift the tranny level (dont know what its called) like butter and listen to it hit something

It still springs back down easy but its so easy to pull up

 

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so was mine brand new oem honda and it broke in 5 min of driving. I didnt say that was your problem but possible problem.

 

ah!HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

i HAVE NO IDEA

My parents are gonna flip if I need to make another mess and more problems with the car, I need to know what it is before tonight, maybe work on it while everything is sleeping

I hope someone can help me rediculously fast

Thanks so far

 

OK

SO I just went out to the garage and found a spare d16 tranny I have, I got the bolt you say i need

But when you remove that bolt and push up on the cable lever it just spinsinside the tranny andthe throwout bearing doesnt move, why woud I be hearing a spring type clink when I pul the lever up quickly and let it hit whatever it is hitting, to me it sounds like a noice the little presure fingers would make when hit, but i dunno

I need help!!

 

you sure you put the throwout bareing and what not in correctly?

 

Perhaps you are missing the bolt in question
Perhaps your T.O. bearing isn't correctly installed
or better yet, perhaps you put the clutch disc on backwards (assuming spring hub)

 

Is it possible to put a clutch disk on backwards? everything semeed to bolt up fine, i dont know how that is possible to do so

 

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Yes. Certainly is possible.

 

Everything was flush though, clutch disk against the flywheel and pressure plate against the clutch disk

Would this cause what im syaing?

Cause Im pretty sure when I installed the throwout bearing with teh tranny out I moved the lever a couple times to make sure it was smooth and I remember it coming out easily

I really dont think its the bolt

What could it be

 

bump

 

Could be anything but sadly you wont know unless you pull the tranny.