Very odd tranny problem (help!)
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Very odd tranny problem (help!)
I am having an extremely unusual problem with my transmission, and wanted to know if anyone of you could provide some insight, or help.
Brat Motorsports Installed a McLeod Performance Clutch, and PP a few months ago, and it has worked great since.
However about 2 weeks ago, I was sitting at a light and accidently droped the clutch not realizing the car was in first gear (from an idle). The Car nearly stalled, but I pushed the clutch back in quick enough to where it didn't. Afterward I had trouble getting the car into gear.
Later that night, everything worked fine again, but the next morning once again it was hard to get the car into each gear, even with the clutch pedal pushed to the floor. Later that day it got to the point where I couldn't put it in gear at all (exept when rev matching). To get the car moving from a stop, I had to turn it off, put it in gear, and start it (and it would inch foward with the clutch on the floor).
So Brat Motorsports put in a new clutch Master and Slave cyl for me. (Master Cyl first, and the first they thought was defective, so they got another master cyl, and also replaced the slave cyl) After this they gave it an extensive test drive, and said it was fine.
I drove the car home. It drove great for about 25 miles, untill I was about to get off the highway, and then it wouldn't go into gear any longer (once again).
At any rate I managed to get it home, but the next morning I went out to try it, and once again it goes into gear just fine...Later that night I tried again, and its still fine.
I am scared to drive the car in traffic, because I dont know if/when it will fail again.
Sorry for the long winded story, but we are struggling to find a valid answere for the problem. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We think perhaps it is somewhat heat related, but I drove it for several months with the stock Master cyl, and a new slave cyl (that I replaced myself) and it never had any problems.
We were wondering still if perhaps the McLeod pressure plate has more spring than the stock PP and is too much for the stock (plastic) Slave Cyl to handle?
When I push the clutch, we can see the slave cyl actually bow out about .030".
Any help, or experienced advice is greatly apreciated.
Thanks,
Adam
Brat Motorsports Installed a McLeod Performance Clutch, and PP a few months ago, and it has worked great since.
However about 2 weeks ago, I was sitting at a light and accidently droped the clutch not realizing the car was in first gear (from an idle). The Car nearly stalled, but I pushed the clutch back in quick enough to where it didn't. Afterward I had trouble getting the car into gear.
Later that night, everything worked fine again, but the next morning once again it was hard to get the car into each gear, even with the clutch pedal pushed to the floor. Later that day it got to the point where I couldn't put it in gear at all (exept when rev matching). To get the car moving from a stop, I had to turn it off, put it in gear, and start it (and it would inch foward with the clutch on the floor).
So Brat Motorsports put in a new clutch Master and Slave cyl for me. (Master Cyl first, and the first they thought was defective, so they got another master cyl, and also replaced the slave cyl) After this they gave it an extensive test drive, and said it was fine.
I drove the car home. It drove great for about 25 miles, untill I was about to get off the highway, and then it wouldn't go into gear any longer (once again).
At any rate I managed to get it home, but the next morning I went out to try it, and once again it goes into gear just fine...Later that night I tried again, and its still fine.
I am scared to drive the car in traffic, because I dont know if/when it will fail again.
Sorry for the long winded story, but we are struggling to find a valid answere for the problem. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We think perhaps it is somewhat heat related, but I drove it for several months with the stock Master cyl, and a new slave cyl (that I replaced myself) and it never had any problems.
We were wondering still if perhaps the McLeod pressure plate has more spring than the stock PP and is too much for the stock (plastic) Slave Cyl to handle?
When I push the clutch, we can see the slave cyl actually bow out about .030".
Any help, or experienced advice is greatly apreciated.
Thanks,
Adam
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