I have seen strange clutch stuff in the pass few years, even some crazy stuff here in Mexico. One thing that no one as stated (i think) is a pressure plate failure. They go out strangly sometime. Ben On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:33:25 -0800, dhanson@gorge.net <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote: > Hello all, > I've twice recently experienced "soft pedal" on my clutch, once it just felt 'weak' but I didn't >have any problems shifting or starting out. Once, the clutch was not doing it's thing >properly..Then, after a few minutes of downtime..a trip into a store or a few minutes on the >computer in the parking lot and it goes back to perfect operation..What the --? I have fresh brake >fluid..a month or two old. I have the proper level. My brake master cylinder is relativly new and >when that was replaced, I bled the clutch slave properly. The clutch has been good since that brake >MC replacment(about 6000 miles ago)..no problems except at odd times, this weird "air in the clutch >cylinder' behavior that soon goes away again. > Is it time to replace THAT now? Why the intermittent missbehavior? > Thanks in advance... > Don Hanson |
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