I finally got my car ready and was on the dyno, we were just about to put boost into it when the clutch went to the floor. started looking at the slave and went on to notice that my clutch fork was broken in about 5 places. I had the same exact thing happen to another clutch fork and I never even ran the car(maybe it was damaged previously not sure) Either way I want to know why this is happening. I am running a brand new s2000 clutch master cylinder(installed properly with spacer, fits just like my oem one) -3 braided line to a brand new slave cylinder. Has anybody else had this or heard of this problem? Either way I have a tilton throwout bearing kit that i am going to use instead and that should eliminate most of my problems. thanks for the input guys!

 

I had this problem on my 96 civic ex coupe which is my daily driver and was daily driven for the last 3 years until I got a bike.

I do not know why the clutch fork broke, but I had to replace it in order to get my car running again. I think it was just due to normal wear and tear over time. I did alot of commuting and highway driving too.

I might also point the finger to my dual diaphragm action 2ms 6 puck sprung clutch too. That may have played a part in why it cracked. To this day I have no definitive cause as to why it cracked. I even showed the fork to an experienced master honda technician at the local honda dealership and he was surprised. It was the first time in his 30yrs as a honda tech that he had seen something like that.

 

Got any pictures of said broken clutch fork bro?

 

I have broken clutch forks aswell. i was only running stock slave. stainless line to stock master cylinder. comp clutch stage 4 with sprung 6 puck. snapped the fork right in half. ordered a new one and had a buddy weld a plate onto it to box it in. no issues since

 

It usually happens from really stiff pressure plates. Weld some steel in it and it'll hold up, or use the tilton bearing that you have.

 

did you adjust the clutch pedal? you can push the pressure plate in to far(which can damage it) and then all the pressure is on the fork. try putting the engagment closer to the floor. if that doesnt work put a clutch stop off the floor.

 

yeah the clutch probably got overengaged then, that would make sense i didnt get a chance to get the pedal stop in yet, but I will now! Ill get pics of the fork when i get the trans off tommorow or friday

 

broken mine before...welded it with a flatbar and we are back lol

 

It wasnt this, your clutch basically engages right before it hits the floor at the moment...and was stiff on the old Clutchmasters FX, and even on this brand new Twin from Comp.

Previous fork was cracked in three spots, right around the ball area...this one cracked severely right on the ball.

Jared did tell me that previously when the car was more "stock" he still had a really stiff clutch pedal even on a very tame normal pressure plate so I am not sure whats up with this monster of a car

 

Well i finally got around to pulling out my trans and this is what my clutch fork looks like.

 

And that spring thingy was not through the hole when i installed it, it ended up going through there when it broke

 

yeah this sucks! My forks have been cracked the past 2 times i've had my transmission out. I have a spec twin disk. My friend also has the spec twin and has broken one also. I'm really wanting to get the hydraulic throwout bearing so i can stop worrying about this...

 

yeah i got the hydralic throwout bearing but i dont want to screw that up too!

 

I broke my last year and I got a new one And I tig weld a plete on both side never had any more problem

 

I've seen that as well. I even had a couple broken pedal assemblies in the past as well.

 

its been over flexed to failure. im running a spec triple disc stock fork no problems ever. adjust the pedal just off the floor and you should be good.

 

Ive put the pivot through the dimple, but not broke one... Yet

 

my last one was even cracked around where it pushes on the pivot ball...

 

Yeah most of the pedal assemblies that I have see that were damaged we 88-91 Civic's and most of time it was the gas pedal. The welds would break and snap the thing into pieces. Haha



Yeah if you look at the pictures it was just starting to crack there too. I'm gonna figure out how to adjust the pedal inside the car so it grabs off the floor a little bit more and not all the way at the bottom.

 

I broke mine for my ex .,,, where can I order a new one then modify it to be stronger..
thanks

 

Not trying to discredit anyone's abilities here, but I have seen tons of clutches installed without luging the shaft the throw out bearing slides on. That can put a ton of extra load on the fork. May not be the problem, but its something to consider

 

Broke mine. Bought a tilton one and love it.

 

I've seen it, and this was the remedy used.

 

That Lj's Steve?

 

yeah.