I was driving down the road today and my clutch pedal felt a little sticky and slow releasing from the floor so i pulled into a parking lot and checked clutch fluids and lines. i tryed to pump the clutch a little and it just got worse. Now if i press the clutch pedal down half way it gets extremely hard. so I put all my leg pressure on the pedal to get it to the floor and try to put the car in gear and it wont engage any gear at all... And suggestions? is the clutch toast?

 

Jerry will probably chime in with the correct answer but first we need a little info on your clutch, is it aftermarket? and was the pivot ball shimmed? if the clutch is new was it adjusted properly.

 

act 2600, Clutch pedal seemed fine, all of a sudden the pedal got a little sticky and slowly was coming off floor. Then i pulled over and checked the fluid, lines, and pedal assembly. i pushed the clutch pedal a little more and it started to get rock hard. now the pedal will go down about 3inches then just stop. I need to put full force from my leg on the pedal in order for it to go down all the way. Once i put the pedal to the floor car wont go in any gear. If i try to throw it in gear it just grinds and wont Go in. Clutch has about 30,000 miles or so on it. Anybody know what can be wrong?

 

* Update, I adjusted the master cylinder rod all the way in toward the clutch pedal assembly. Now i can put the car in gear but the clutch pedal sticks and very slow coming up from the floor. If i adjust the rod out just a little the pedal goes hard again. Would this be a burnt clutch? Since the master cylinder and slave cylinder are brand new (3months old). please let me know what you guys think . thanks

 

My suggestion would be to check your master cylinder, could be malfuctioning even though its fairly new, then i would check slave, then go into the tranny, piveting point, throw bearing, etc...sounds like you have a lot of fluid pressure for some reason?

 

crankwalk.

 

^ Lol

 

Wow thanks for the input, LMAO
6-bolt, balance shaft eliminated, braided clutch line. Dont know exact miles on clutch but when i got the car the 2600 had about 20,000miles on it. so im assuming it must have 30,000 atleast. I drove the car home just now. only about 5 miles away from where it was parked. Clutch pedal was sticking and slowly releasing from floor the entire way. any other opinions rather then worse case scenario Crankwalk?

 

Well I will bleed the clutch today and see if that will fix my problem.

 

Bled clutch today, Still same problem. If i adjust the rod clockwise toward the cylinder the clutch pedal starts to stop further and further away from the ground. If i adjust the rod counter clockwise all the way toward the pedal assembly the pedal will finally touch the ground when pushed down. But it sticks to the ground for a sec and then slowly pops back up to normal height. I already checked the boot on the master cylinder and its dry. does anybody know a good suggestion on what this problem could be? I need my car back on the road. Thank You