Re: random problem - clutch not disengaging??

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

>From my experience you either have a clutc disk that has lost its springs 
and are flying around in the bellhousing and getting stuck between thee pp 
and the disk or the flywheel and the disk.

Another possible situation could be the finger behind the green cap has a 
cracin it and has slipped a few teeth and therefore makes the clutch 
adjustment wayyyyy off.

And finally your clutch cable could be breaking. Is it hard to press down? 
Is it frayed? Try adjusting it and see what happens.

All in all I doubt it is your cable from the story you gave. A bad cable 
would not work fine for awhile and thenfix itself and then be abd and then 
fix itself again.

All this info hopefully should help. I hope....



>hey all-
>
>i had this problem about a month ago that i shrugged off, but it happened
>again yesterday and it was worse than before so i must ask for help from
>the group...
>
>about a month ago, i put the car in a parking space only to have to move my
>car a few seconds later. as i got into the car, i depressed the clutch
>pedal (the gearbox was in 1st, i believe) and turned the key... the engine
>stalled. it seemed like the clutch had not disengaged fully. i depress the
>clutch pedal a few times, shift the gearbox a few times with the engine
>off. started the engine - the clutch disengaged but grinded a bit as i put
>the gearbox in reverse. no problem since...
>
>yesterday, i put the car in a parking spot, took off for a few hours, came
>back to the car, depressed the clutch, started the engine. stalled. shift
>into all gears with clutch depressed/engaged, engine off and run through
>the gears. started the engine, engine stalled. the clutch was still
>engaged!!! after cursing (not at my car, of course : ) i  tried shifting
>again a few more times with the engine on, gearbox in neutral... no matter
>how many times i tried depressing the clutch, i could not engage into any
>gears except reverse (i only did this once only to hear grinding, ouch..)
>after cursing some more and taking some deep breaths i started the engine
>again with the clutch depressed, put the lever in first.. it worked! what
>the hell is going on???
>
>it's not a good feeling to start the engine with the clutch engaged..
>
>thanks
>dave
>
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Chris DeLong
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