Bought a EFT HD clutch kit. Installed it with old flywheel on. Would not disengage. EFT sent me another pressure plate and i replaced my old flywheel with a EFT OEM flywheeel. New flywheel, clutch disk, pressure plate and TOB, all EFT. Replaced master and slave cylinder. Bleed them and adjusted rod on MC. Clutch still will only partially disengage.can not out into gear while running. Fork is tight and spring is on and does not look bent. Clutch worked before I changed it but got to slipping so bad I had to change the clutch.

I didn't have a lot of grease at the time to put on the spines. Don't know if that could cause a problem. The clutch fork moves about 1 inch. Is that normal? When pushing the pedal there is pressure for about half way then there is a lot of pressure like hard pedel the rest of the way to the floor.
any ideas or something I overlooked? Never had this problem before.

 

I'm not familiar with the brand of clutch, could be a defective clutch but I do doubt its solely due to the brand. You may have a blockage in the hydraulic system or a problem with the accumulator. Try cleaning the lines out with compressed air. If you've replaced the master and slave then that pretty much rules those out. Did you examine the transmission's input shaft for any damage? It is possible that the clutch disc is sticking or caught on the input shaft.

 

The clutch disk slide right on the shaft. Tried it a few times turning it to different spots before installing it. When bleeding the fluid was squirting out pretty hard. All the old fluid is out and all New in. Can't hold the fork back by hand when the clutch pedal is pressed. To me the pedal feels funny really hard pressure once its half way to the floor. The first half feels like when u push a regular clutch. Fully disengages as soon as you let up onbthe pedle. Car keeps pulling forward with clutch to floor. It will keep running with clutch in a foot on the brake. Do you know what the travel distance of the clutch fork should be. Mines about a inch, maybe a little more.

 

did you open the system when originally replacing the clutch ?

 

The clutch disk slide right on the shaft. Tried it a few times turning it to different spots before installing it. When bleeding the fluid was squirting out pretty hard. All the old fluid is out and all New in. Can't hold the fork back by hand when the clutch pedal is pressed. To me the pedal feels funny really hard pressure once its half way to the floor. The first half feels like when u push a regular clutch. Fully disengages as soon as you let up onbthe pedle. Car keeps pulling forward with clutch to floor. It will keep running with clutch in a foot on the brake. Do you know what the travel distance of the clutch fork should be. Mines about a inch, maybe a little more.

 

no. Pedal was soft and both the master and slave were leaking fluid pedal was better after I changed them but still won't disengage fully

 

I figured it out. Had to put a 1/8th inch spacer in to bring the clutch frok closer to the pressure plate. The heavy duty EFT clutch work fine. Grabs hard. I should have just bought a Luk or Exedy and saved a lot time figuring out the problem. Go with tried and trusted brands!!!! Had to pull it 3 times to get it right

 

 

ignore what he did, you only need to adjust it at the pushrod at the master cylinder

adjust it so there is only a half inch of clutch pedal freeplay

 

what do u think I tried first before I put a spacer in? Not going to do the hardest thing first. the slave rod will only come out so far even with the master rod adjusted all the way out. I put in a new master and slave cylinder and adjusted the rod. still didn't work. the pressure plate was thinner and more towards the engine which made it so the. clutch fork wouldn't push into the pressure plate enough even with full movement of the fork. So... putting the washer behind the pivot stud...moving the clutch fork closer to the pressure plate.....now able to push the fingers in to fully release the clutch. adjusted the master rod back so it wasn't all the way out and still not enough before. Guess what...it fixed the problem. Geometry!!!

 

people only have issues like this with offbrand clutches

most people know to use Exedy clutches

 

I should have. it wasn't much more. pissed me off having to pull it apart 3 times once after instal with a new pressure plate they sent having same issue then again to shim the pivot.