Clutch Problems
01-09-08, 07:00 PM
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Clutch Problems
Hey guys how is it going,
So here is my dilemma, on my roughly 89,000 mile 1988 N/A RX-7 I was having an issue where while in gear with the clutch fully depressed the car would make a some what grindingish sound and on flat ground would slightly roll forward as if the clutch didn't pull entirely off of the flywheel. So first thing I did was check my clutch fluid, seemed low so i bled the whole system numerous times with fresh DOT 3 brake fluid. It still happened on occasion but a lot less, so I rechecked the clutch fluid and sure enough it was low again. So figuring that there is a leak obviously somewhere in the system I just went ahead and got a remanufactured slave and master cylinders. Reinstalled everything re-bled everything and it seemed to work great for the past week and now it seems to be doing it again but it doesn't pull the car at all anymore it just makes that same grinding noise. It almost sounds like to me that some how my flywheel or clutch came out of alignment, because it only does it when my car stops with the transmission in a certain position (ex. if I stop and it doesn't make the noise, I can roll anywhere from 5-10 feet and it will start to "grind".) When I get the money I'm going to get a new slave cylinder hose, hopefully that will do the trick. I'll try re-bleeding everything perhaps I didn't get all of the air out. But if anybody has any insight into the problem do let me know.
Ohh also it should not be the clutch I had the clutch and pressure plate replaced roughly 20,000 ago and I haven't driven it that hard.
Thanks in advance everybody.
So here is my dilemma, on my roughly 89,000 mile 1988 N/A RX-7 I was having an issue where while in gear with the clutch fully depressed the car would make a some what grindingish sound and on flat ground would slightly roll forward as if the clutch didn't pull entirely off of the flywheel. So first thing I did was check my clutch fluid, seemed low so i bled the whole system numerous times with fresh DOT 3 brake fluid. It still happened on occasion but a lot less, so I rechecked the clutch fluid and sure enough it was low again. So figuring that there is a leak obviously somewhere in the system I just went ahead and got a remanufactured slave and master cylinders. Reinstalled everything re-bled everything and it seemed to work great for the past week and now it seems to be doing it again but it doesn't pull the car at all anymore it just makes that same grinding noise. It almost sounds like to me that some how my flywheel or clutch came out of alignment, because it only does it when my car stops with the transmission in a certain position (ex. if I stop and it doesn't make the noise, I can roll anywhere from 5-10 feet and it will start to "grind".) When I get the money I'm going to get a new slave cylinder hose, hopefully that will do the trick. I'll try re-bleeding everything perhaps I didn't get all of the air out. But if anybody has any insight into the problem do let me know.
Ohh also it should not be the clutch I had the clutch and pressure plate replaced roughly 20,000 ago and I haven't driven it that hard.
Thanks in advance everybody.
01-10-08, 07:49 PM
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everyone else think the same thing? Now that you mention it I definately see that as what could be causing it. When my clutch was replaced the pilot bearing was replaced but the old one that was taken out was in a bunch of pieces, very destroyed. What could be causing the premature pilot bearing failure?
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