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Old 04-26-02, 06:25 PM
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broken fork?

Just driving around last night and my clutch began to not disengage easily, then I heard a snaping sound. I found out today that the clutch fork broke. I never saw the fork as a weak point, so I was wondering if anyone else had it fail?

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Old 04-26-02, 06:28 PM
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ouch! Any symptoms leading up to this...... I'm having clutch probs with my 83 ( see thread:clutch probs )
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Well I thought my slave was getting weak, so it was probably cracked then eventually snapped.
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Did it only make a crack that one time, or was it a common thing?

My car makes a thump whenever you put on the brakes... I hope nothing like this happens to it!
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It still sucks having an automatic
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Originally posted by Wattz
Did it only make a crack that one time, or was it a common thing?
This is the first time I've had a clutch fork break. I'm just curious if I should get a new one or use my spare, or reinforce my spare somehow.
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Wow, that thing really snapped. Seems like one of those things that just breaks sometimes. Freak incident I would assume. Maybe less racing?
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Wow, I hope that never happens to me.
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WOW, i have never seen that happen ? Thats really odd
Old 04-26-02, 11:25 PM
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Damn,, stamped steel just snapped,,is your clutch assembly super HP,,or a long clutch or something crazy?
i'de say get a NEW one,,maybe you got that one in a
million fualty one,,,but still,,,man !!
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