where does your clutch start engaging?
07-26-2003, 09:18 PM
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where does your clutch start engaging?
Mine used to 1/2 way in the pedal travel and since it stuck to the floor and went up in smoke it doesn't engage until the pedal is 3/4 of the way up. Also is hard to get even a chirp into second. I can still scratch third though.
07-26-2003, 10:28 PM
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Re: where does your clutch start engaging?
Originally posted by blacknight
Mine used to 1/2 way in the pedal travel and since it stuck to the floor and went up in smoke it doesn't engage until the pedal is 3/4 of the way up. Also is hard to get even a chirp into second. I can still scratch third though.
Mine used to 1/2 way in the pedal travel and since it stuck to the floor and went up in smoke it doesn't engage until the pedal is 3/4 of the way up. Also is hard to get even a chirp into second. I can still scratch third though.
07-26-2003, 10:30 PM
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Originally posted by IrocManiac
Could be starting to wear, as the clutch pad gets thinner it moves out on the pedal.
Could be starting to wear, as the clutch pad gets thinner it moves out on the pedal.
07-26-2003, 10:35 PM
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I said starting to "wear" not go out...on my LT1 car it is at the TOP of the pedal and I mean top. It fully engages and there is about 1/8th of an inch left if that...its so small I can barely feel it. It still sticks...as for the clutch not letting you scratch second I read an article in CHP several years ago that talked about this with the LS1 cars. There is a point in the line from the slave cylinder where it is smaller than normal and under WOT that fluid doesn't have enough time to fully engage/disengage, from launch to the 1-2 shift...but the 2-3 shift and 3-4 shift have enough of a gap that it works fine...I wish I could find that article...
07-26-2003, 10:41 PM
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Originally posted by IrocManiac
I said starting to "wear" not go out...on my LT1 car it is at the TOP of the pedal and I mean top. It fully engages and there is about 1/8th of an inch left if that...its so small I can barely feel it. It still sticks...as for the clutch not letting you scratch second I read an article in CHP several years ago that talked about this with the LS1 cars. There is a point in the line from the slave cylinder where it is smaller than normal and under WOT that fluid doesn't have enough time to fully engage/disengage, from launch to the 1-2 shift...but the 2-3 shift and 3-4 shift have enough of a gap that it works fine...I wish I could find that article...
I said starting to "wear" not go out...on my LT1 car it is at the TOP of the pedal and I mean top. It fully engages and there is about 1/8th of an inch left if that...its so small I can barely feel it. It still sticks...as for the clutch not letting you scratch second I read an article in CHP several years ago that talked about this with the LS1 cars. There is a point in the line from the slave cylinder where it is smaller than normal and under WOT that fluid doesn't have enough time to fully engage/disengage, from launch to the 1-2 shift...but the 2-3 shift and 3-4 shift have enough of a gap that it works fine...I wish I could find that article...
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