Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

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Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Graphite » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:28 pm

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. :shock:

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 :D
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Surge » Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:24 am

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.
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby BillyCorgi » Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:00 am

Do you have "Push-Type" Clutch or "Pull-Type" Clutch.
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Graphite » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:51 am

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... :D
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Lane » Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:25 am

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?
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Graphite » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:45 am

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...

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

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DOH! :eek:

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
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby subyroo » Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:31 pm

Graphite wrote:Gaaahhhh....

Found fault....


Yep! so did I, your image links do not work. :lol:
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Re: Had to abandon car... No clutch :-( HELP... please...

Postby Graphite » Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:33 am

subyroo wrote:
Graphite wrote:Gaaahhhh....

Found fault....


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


DOH - that's confusing - they work for me :mrgreen: - 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! :lol:
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