clutch failure

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Allyn wrote:
> 
> clutch is not disengaging all the way. possible causes:
> - carpet in way of clutch pedal
> - excessive free play in clutch cable (pedal hits floor before clutch is
> disengaged)
> - rubber bushings at tranny clutch arm are torn/giving
> - throwout bearing issue (or adjacent)
> - one of the pressure plate bands has broken (plate then rides on a bevel
> around the clutch, never fully disengaging).
> hth
> Al


Additional items:

- throw out rod has poked through the clutch's push plate.

- Alignment plate under the shifter's boot has slipped and needs
realignment. 
(most models have two holes in the plate to line up to the chassis under
it.)

hth,
TBerk