Haven't been on here in a while
Something happened today that was quite concerning. Ever since buying my MY02 RX a couple of years ago (at 239k kms, now 272k), the clutch friction/engagement point has been REALLY high. I mean, nearly-top-of-the-pedal high then drops straight to the floor, to the point where everyone who drove my car commented on it. I got suggestions of it needing a new master cylinder, someone on the FB group mentioned the pressure plate, etc. It did have a new clutch installed a few thousand kays before I bought it at 239k kms. Thing is, the friction point never gradually dropped over time, as one might expect an aging clutch to do.
Just today I had to make a trip (30 mins each way, equal mix of freeway + 'city' driving). When I reached my destination, I noticed that the clutch pedal was becoming VERY loose up top and the friction point had dropped considerably it was at the point where i could rest my foot on the clutch pedal and depress it half way without disengaging the clutch - something that would normally result in totally disengaging the clutch!
I also noticed a slight... shiver? not quite a shudder... coming from what felt like the clutch when the car was under load at low revs (ie accelerating up a hill in 2nd from ~1800 rpms).
Any ideas?? Hope I'm not up for too much $$$
PS: as mentioned, after disengaging the clutch, the pedal used go straight to the floor, with something like 4-5cms of dead space. It's almost as if that suddenly got reversed today, 5cm of free space at the top and friction point nearly on the ground