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Clutch Won't Disengage

04-13-2004, 11:43 PM

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Clutch Won't Disengage

I went to push in the clutch and noticed that the clutch did't disengage.

The petal feels normal, maybe a little soft.

Checked the fluid - all is ok

I removed the slave cylinder - no leaks were found. When I push in the clutch, with the slave cylinder out, the petal is extremely soft. On thing that I am not sure about is the travel of the slave cylinder. It moves an inch, or maybe a little more. Does anyone know how much travel the slave cylinder is supposed to have?

I was thinking that maybe the clutch master cylinder is bad and not moving enough fluid. Any opinions on that?

I am open to any one's suggestions about what the problem may be or what to do to fix it.

I hope that the clutch isn't bad it was replaced a year ago with a SB con-O

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