The other day, the car decided it did not want to get into any gear.. What would cause the clutch pedal to go down all the way and now allow any gears to be selected?!?!?
After some coaxing in a parking lot, it finally grabbed a gear and I went home and parked it.. Today I was going to put it in the air and look around but its acting fine now. Like nothing ever happened.. It was making some odd rattling sounds when the clutch would be depressed before.. Now its fine and not doing anything odd at all..

What could be wrong besides my car being scared of my wrench turning??

Car is factory stock 2002 Z28 with 85K miles and is AutoX and Drag raced on occassion.. Is it time for a new clutch?

 

bad hydrolics??

 

air must have gotten in the slave cylinder somehow and probably got bled out when it sat. Thats all I could think of

 

im more interested as to how you got 85K out of your OEM clutch. mine said goodbye at 36K

 

I dont want to sound like an *** but in all truth, I know how to drive extremely well.

I autoX quite often and drag race quite a bit. I am the geeky guy that studied driving so that I could be a better driver..

My 1987 Porsche 944S with 130K miles is still on its stock clutch/tranny.


I think all too often people do not know how to PROPERLY drive a stick.

 

i would run the other way now

 

115k on my stock clutch and many drag launches...

lol granted theres really no clutch left now and the thing slips like hell and likes to chatter.....

 

in any case.. back on topic.. Its still working but the worries are so not worth it..

Constantly waiting for it to let go.. ugh.. I am leaning towards trying to get myself a GTO..

Not sure though..

(yeah, I would rather get into another car than deal with fixing one..)

 

If you stop and start a lot or daily drive the car the clutch will wear out faster. no need to insult people we are all friends here.

The people who can't drive a stick are the people who...

A) stall every time they let out the clutch
B) can't start up a hill from a dead stop
c) can't shift into the proper gear

 

d) rely on the e-brake to get started from a hill
e) don't (know how to) rev match to down-shift
f) can't/don't shift smoothly (referring more to clutch engagement)
g) double-clutch to go "faster" when they're racing
h) granny shift
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what does "double-clutch" mean?

 

From any gear, clutch, shift to neutral, clutch, shift to next desired gear. As well, if downshifting, there should be a "blip" of the throttle to rev-match before switching into next gear. It's a true "method" of shifting (one typically associated with driving big rigs) but can have its "advantages" under certain circumstances in a car ... just NOT for racing!! They mention it in TF&TF (fast & furious 1) and it's completely moronic to think that a guy LOST because he DIDN'T double-clutch . Because most cars have synchronized trannies, you don't need to double clutch, but on the downshift, it "can" help save the synchros .

/off topic ...

Psycho ... has your clutch been working ok now since it messed up the other day?

 

OOOOOOOOoooh I know what your talkin about just never heard it called "double-clutching" before.

I never down shift in a car when driving in traffic. I normally just follow a downshift pattern but not let the clutch out unless I need to.