Evening, Of course in the middle of the busiest intersection in town @ 5:00 pm I was pulling up to the red light stopping, however, no clutch peddle pressure! Having a hydraulic system I gave it several pumps hoping to get enough pressure to at least get through the intersection, but no dice. The clutch was stuck engaged with no chance of it releasing. My best bet was to start it in gear and limp through and work from there. Long story short I did finally get it home and on the driveway. I assumed the possibility of the slave cylinder being blown or out of fluid. There was no loud noises from below on the way home, so assumed no lose parts. I checked fluid, it was low, but not dry. I pulled the slave cylinder out and it was fully extended! I feared the worst at this point. I got a handy mirror and peered inside and could see the clutch fork was fully pushed in, almost down to the fly wheel. Basically bottomed out, but the cones in the pressure plate were not pushed in. Almost looks like there is no throw out bearing! I can't see any more because the slave cylinder hole is to small. So what is this? Could the fork be bent in the middle keeping the throw out bearing away from the pressure plate? Maybe broke on the pivot end? I'm up near Seattle and we've had tons of rain with massive water puddles on our gravel road. Possible the muck on the shaft keeping the throw out bearing from moving jammed and then bent the fork? Anyway, if anyone has had this happen or have some ideas please pass it on. I have no problem fixing clutches etc, but some heads up on ordering parts would be great. Any heads up on pulling the tranny for clutch replacements? Clutch kit recommendations? Thanks Retrojeep
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18 years ago