ok well i just took my car for a drive around my neighborhood, and i was not killing it i was babying the car around fastest i went was probably 25km/h. and i went to make a u turn i got all the way around and theni go to clutch in, give gas and release the clutch nothing happened, i thought i wasnt in gear so i tried again but same thing. i ended up pushing the car 2 km home by myself...im not paying a tow truck for that ****. so i get home jack the car up and take a quick look...from the outside everything looks good, axle didnt slip out, which was my first, well 2nd thought. so i put the car in gear and turned the wheels by hand and it feels like its going into gear. what could it be? im thinking clutch, but i wanna hear all possible ideas before i rip into it on saturday........the thing that sucks is that motor just went in too....and its a dohc zc just incase anyone wants to know

 

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and update: today i went to start it and then just out of curiosity, i put it in gear and slowly let the clutch out and it caught!!?!?!? so i backed it out of the garage just to have it give out again at the end of the driveway??? anyone have an idea?

 

If it doesn't work in first sometimes, try starting in second when that happens and see if it works in that gear.

 

tried it already in all 5 gears same thing, when i let the clutch out its like its in neutral in all gears, and i know the tranny is going into gear, people have been telling me its the throw out bearing, but i wanna hear some other opinions before i start buying parts...oh yea and what else would be good to do while i have the motor out, other than the water pump and timing belt??? im gonna get the flywheel lightened for sure...clutch is new, its exedy stg 1...any suggestions?

 

we had the same problem IDK if its the same problem as yours but ours was the tranny was shot and we couldnt get the axles out we had to cut the boot and get new one cus well our trans had sezied in my SI so IDK know where you able go get the axels out??

 

sounds to me like one of the axles isn't all the way into the transmission

 

make sure your cable has tension, one time my friends da wouldnt go into gear and we pushed it across the road, tensioned up the cable, and then the clutch worked again.

 

axles are both in completely, but while i had it up and had the wheels off i decided to start it and see if its acting strange...ang yea it is...the passenger side will turn in all gears including neutral, with the clutch engaged or disengaged, the driver side will spin like an inch and stop, no mater what gear exc neutral

 

cable tension is good, has a bit of slack, but i played around adjusting it a little but still had the same problem.....the part that confuses me is that it caught when i started it like 2 days ago....hopefully ill find some time to rip it apart and find out whats going on soon.....

 

Good luck Bro