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I have been on holiday for a week and found it was getting quite tricky to get into 1st and second gear by the time I got home. The clutch which was quite low anyway was needing to be pushed into the floor. - JDM 2.0 GT 2004 RHD.

I managed yesterday to increase the length of the push rod with the adjuster and make the clutch biting point significantly higher and the gears worked absolutely fine.- If anything I was contemplating trying to lower the biting point a little.

After about a 17 mile journey I got about 10 miles back and my clutch pedal just stuck at the bottom of it's travel. I can pull it back up but there is no feel to the pedal it just springs to fully down or fully up.

I have left the car on somebody's land who offered to help and I got a lift home.

Is it possible I have over adjusted the clutch? - any ideas? does it need to go to a garage?

A friend recons he can get the car home without the clutch working by starting in gear... but if it needs to go to a garage I can get the 'Auto Recovery service' to take it there - but not if it is at my house as I don't have 'at home' cover :whistling:

Cheers guys - any advice appreciated

Id say it's probably got a leak in the system somewhere.

Top up the clutch fluid, get a friend to step on the clutch and look for where it might be leaking.

Do you have "Push-Type" Clutch or "Pull-Type" Clutch.
The sinking feeling that you are describing will also occur as the throw-out bearing disintergrates!

It is the push type clutch... I have backed off the adjustment a tad and got my pedal feel back - I will need to keep an eye on it...

Usually it's the slave cylinder leaking and lost pressure, could also be the master cylinder.

Can you see anything out of whack? Piston/push rod still in place?

Gaaahhhh....

Found fault....

I went to bleed the clutch with the help of my son. It seemed the push rod was almost falling out of the cylinder...



I removed the clutch fork boot and had a look inside...



DOH!

I found a web page where an outback owner had the same trouble... http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/66-problems-maintenance/19562-clutch-fork-failure.html

Graphite wrote:Gaaahhhh....

Found fault....

Yep! so did I, your image links do not work.

subyroo wrote:

Graphite wrote:Gaaahhhh....

Found fault....

Yep! so did I, your image links do not work.

DOH - that's confusing - they work for me - hosted at uklegacy.com - perhaps it doesn't work if you are not logged in there - still looking for a solution after the Photobucket Ransom scandal!