I just bought my first rx7 the other day it's an 88 and I've been having a blast until tonight. On my way home i pulled out from a stop sign and felt the clutch slip a little and then it wouldn't disengage or allow me to shift into a gear. I'm assuming the clutch is shot. The car has 82000 miles on it and i belive it is the original clutch. My question is what is a good replacement clutch and should I replace the entire thing(throughout bearing, etc.)or not. The other thing is I don't want a piece of **** clutch but i don't want to spend a fortune either. Any help would be appreciated.

 

replace the entire thing and is this a na or t2

 

na convertible

 

His info says a vert.

 

did the clutch pedal go to the floor?

 

the pedal will go to the floor but I can't get it into a gear

 

it will go to the floor and come up like normal?

 

yea it will come back like normal

 

master / slave cylinder issues. is there any fluid leaking on the top of the tranny bell housing? drivers side.

 

yes check your clutch slave and cylinder as well as the line, mine went out and those are the symptoms, i was able to fill my resivor up with clutch fluid daily for a week to get around town until it finally gave out on me and left me in second gear, the slaves or master cylinders are not expensive at all prolly around 100 for both

 

yeah sounds hydraulic. much cheaper/easier fix than pulling the tranny for a new clutch.

hmmm... is it possible for that fork that the slave pushes against to slip off the ball it rests on or the throwout bearing?

 

What were you doing prior to it failing???
Were you drag racing?
Were you burning out and doing brake stands???
Were you doing donuts???


-Ted

 

before it happend i was driving normally. it happend when pulling out on a hill.