The clutch in my '96 GSR has lately been making a weird noise and has been sticking to the floor. This morning I started the car and it idled very roughly. I turned it off and tried to start it back up but it wouldnt even start. Whenever you push the clutch pedal it just drops dead to the floor. I'm thinking it's the clutch cable. Can anybody help me out? Thanks

 

clutch cable imo.. what about the linkage???

 

Could be the slave cly. You have a hydro tranny if your car is 94 +

 

ugh...if the pedal drops to the floor it's the master cylinder....geez...where do you people learn about cars? Your mom?
rmc

 

yea too bad that the clutch pedal is ATTACHED to the CLUTCH master cylinder...geez...like I said...again....where do you people learn about cars? Your mom? I bet 97hb can't even change his own transmission fluid.


Modified by WundedSaint at 4:25 AM 6/15/2003

 

The clutch hydraulic system has both, a master and slave cylinder. Either could have popped a seal and cause the system to lose its pressure.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WundedSaint &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea too bad that the clutch pedal is ATTACHED to the CLUTCH master cylinder</TD></TR></TABLE>Usually people on this board say master cyl I automaticly think of the brake master cyl. Thats what I thought you were saying. Yes the clutch master cyl is attached to the clutch pedal, and yes the slave shares the same hydro line, so it can go both ways.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IN VTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The clutch hydraulic system has both, a master and slave cylinder. Either could have popped a seal and cause the system to lose its pressure.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Same thing happen to my brake master cylinder , the seal popped and i lose all presure so i had to buy a new one

 

99% sure its your clutch master cylinder.. look for leaky brake fluid where it goes thru the firewall. bleeding it should be a temporary fix. CMC is about 90 bucks and an easy install.

 

I dunno about what everyone else knows about cars in this response....but the guy said it makes a funny noise...this is a pretty clear indication that is is not the master cylinder or the slave...but the throwout bearing. I replaced my clutch about 3 months ago...same situation... Now a way to check this is to just look on the front of the tranny...there will be a black boot (you can slide the boot out of the way and you will see the rocker arm). Have a buddy push on the clutch pedal and check and see if the rocker arm or at least the slave cylinder piston is pushing out(ie. moving to the left if you are in front of the car). It should move at least and inch or so. Clearly if it doesn't move then it is your master or slave cylinder...but if it does move then what has happen is possibly your rocker arm pins have come off...or the throwout bearing is messed up (that is probably when you hear the wierd noise). So yah hope this helps

 

check your clutch oil might be it, because it happened to me once and i lost all pressure in my clutch. i just had to pour more clutch fluid in. I have to bleed it one day because its not a hard as it use to be.