since its getting warmer im gonna have my gsl out soon. when i put it away for the winter i had a clutch problem... when i pressed it down all the way it barely caught , thus i could carely shift gears.. its kinda like its just not catching... throughout the last few months i had it running i had to press the clutch further and further down to let it work and catch on.. now theres no room left and when i press the clutch all the way it doesnt work!

is there like a cable on these things that just needs tightening? i have limited knowledge on clutches so please keep that in mind

help!

 

Check the fluid in your clutch master cylinder, if its still all there, you may need a new master cylinder, and if you replace the master, you need to replace the slave. I just had the exact same problem and this is what I did. You can get the parts at mazdatrix.com for a fairly decent price.

 

You don't always need to replace the master and slave together. sure you can but it's not a law of thermodynamics or anything

 

Yeah but its a good idea to since a strong master can kill a weak slave pretty fast. Or at least thats what Aaron cake told me

 

It's more the fact that if one cylinder is pitted and corroded then there's a good chance the other one is also.

 

And the bits and pieces of junk from a rotting seal is abrasive to the other good seal and will eat it up, so you hardly ever see one bad and the other perfectly OK...

 

Im suprized no one said to check the clutch hose,they are know to go bad...

 

i just got the slave cylinder replaced.. also what does it mean when you switch gears and the RPM's seem to stick for a bit before coming down when the clutch is in.. actually it tends to go up for a second when the clutch is first engaged

 

I can verify that. I had a problem where the pressure would slowly release as I held the pressure down. replaced the slave 'cause it was easier (lazyass), now it's slowly starting again because I didn't replace both.

 

I agree with going through and checking/replacing the master & slave cylinders. If, once you have bled these well, then it still doesn't work, then you will want to go searching for a good clutch kit. I just recently bought my '85 GS and had to have a Beck/Arnley clutch kit installed. I got a good deal on it at NAPA ($175.00), and it has worked great. At that time I was fearful of ******* with fixing a clutch problem, so I ended up spending $507.00 on labor to put it in.

How bad did that suck? The car itself only cost me $375.00.

Since then, there has been pretty much nothing that I have decided that I can't do myself.

Hope it gets resolved for you.

Joe in KC

 

OMFG!!! $507??? JEEZUS CHRIST!!!

You coulda got 4 jack stands with a creeper, a buddy with nothing to do, and a whole $hitload of tools to replace that clutch for WAY less than $507.. and if you did F up ( I don't see how you could)... take that $375 as a learning experience... hehehe.. Ohh well that sucks.. end of story..