When the clutch pedal is depressed it will not return by itself, must be pulled back out.
I just installed a master and have been working on bleeding the air out of the system.
Is this normal? Will I eventually get the pedal to return on it's own if I continue the bleeding process? (appears to still has a lot of air in the system)
Or is this a symtom of another problem?
Car is an 84SE 4spd 2.5 beater. Happy, happy, joy, joy!
I finally got the pedal to return by itself, very little resistance on the downstroke until you hit near the bottom, then it is solid, won't go to the floor. There is no visable movement in the slave, I'm assuming this is why the original master rod was bent all to heck.
I have a slave to put on but wonder if there are some other items I should check before replacing the slave.
Bent fork/shaft? Anyway to tell visually?
Any suggestions?
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06:03 PM
solotwo Member
Posts: 5379 From: Grand Rapids, MI. USA Registered: Jun 2002
Mine would engage just off of the floor. I would bleed it and it was good for about 2 months. I got tired of this and purchased a new GM slave. What a difference. My troubles seem to be gone.
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11:21 PM
Jul 2nd, 2003
watts Member
Posts: 3256 From: Coaldale, AB, Canada Registered: Aug 2001
There's a spring on the pedal mechanism itself usually - so if you pull the M/C pushrod off the pedal it should come up on it's own.
There's also a spring inside the M/C to shove the piston (and then the pedal) back out. I've seen the one inside break before causing no end of grief.
You of course know to have the 'loop' of the pushrod towards the top right?
Yeah, the rod is installed correctly and everything seems to be good on the frontend now, pedal return is fine after about ten more minutes of bleeding. Now it's the backend that seems to be the prob, may try to get the slave swapped today.
Anyone know why the chiltons manual says "damage to master may result if the rod is not removed from the pedal when removing the slave" ? I had a hard time getting the rod on the pedal bushing and dread taking it back off to do the slave. Suggestions?
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09:47 AM
RWF Member
Posts: 366 From: Brevard, NC. USA Registered: Apr 2002