Finished up putting a new clutch in my 94, and I'm fairly certain I have all of the air bled from the lines. However, I cannot get the thing to go into gear while it's running. I can start it in gear but the clutch is doing absolutely nothing. The arm that moves the throwout is moving.

Do I need to adjust some freeplay, or is the slave actually dead? The only thing that's really messing with me is that it was just fine prior to removing the trans.

Just looking at possible causes to this issue... Hopefully I won't have to crack it all apart again.

 

The slave cylinder is not dead, as it is moving the fork. Is the tranny sitting flush with the block? That's the only thing I can come up with.

 

Yes, The trans is already bolted up to the block, and should be flush. The bolts are in, and both of the guide pins lined up... ughh this is killing me.

 

The only other thing I can think of is a bent/broken clutch release fork. But if it worked fine before, I don't know why it would be a problem now. Is your new throwout bearing the same thickness as the old one?

 

I'm assuming it is... kinda hard to tell with the new one being installed Came in a kit for the car, and it looked to be about right with no blatantly obvious differences.

 

Could be a bent fork as stated, or the fork may not be fully in the correct place / attached. From memory the clutch fork is attached to the gearbox housing by a spring like wire over a ball joint, if it isnt clipped in place properly it wont have the correct leverage.

 

This is what I was afraid of hearing. The wire on the back of the fork did clip over that knuckle inside the tranny... but it must have popped out with all the jiggling on installation.

 

I had a similar experience, but from memory I didnt have to remove the box to get it back into place. Just pop off the boot and lever it onto the ball joint with a crow bar or large screw driver.

 

I'd bleed the system just to eliminate that as a problem.
If that doesn't take care of it:
Without disturbing the hose (and without pressing on the pedal), dismount the slave cylinder and see if you can manually move it in the apply direction.



If you can, more than likely the wrong Throw-out bearing was supplied.
Honda lists two for your application:



http://www.hondaautomotivepart...USING

That <U>may</U> be what you're up against.

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