I was just comming home from my friends house and my clutch bugged-out. At first I thought my tranny was going because I had the clutch to the floor and I couldn't get it into gear. As I lifted my foot off the clutch it stayed stuck to the floor and when I pulled it slooowly came back. What do you guys think it could be?

 

Its either your clutch master or slave cylinder. You should replace both of them because when one goes the other is usually not far behind.

Mike

 

my brakes were messed up shortly before that, like my brake pedal went all the way to the floor. So you think it may be the master cylinder oh ****, what if they both went like you said? This could be bad, damn mazda to hell!!!! Do you know where I can get cheap parts or rebuilds or maybe its an easy fix and I could do it myself???

 

look under ur cluth pedal. there are nuts on the shaft that goes to the master cylinder to lengthen or shorten it. the nuts may have come loose try lengthening it. i had the same prob and it worked on mine and bleed ur clutch that might help as well. a chilton book has some pretty helpful things its a good investment

 

If you need I have a brand new mazda replacement clutch master and slave cylinder set, used 1 day, $75 for it all hooked up, bled and all. hypntyz@hotmail.com

 

I'm going out now to check the "nuts on the shaft." So wait, I lengthen the shaft by tweaking the nuts? lol, I'm just playin' I really do appreciate the help. I'll get back to you guys.

 

sounds like the slave cylinder

 

How would I go about locating the slave cylinder? Is this something I could fix myself having never worked with one? I mean could I located the unit and replace it or do I have to take everything apart to even replace it?

 

The slave cylinder is on the transmission bellhousing. You get to it behind the oil filter. It has 2 12mm bolts holding it on. IT has a hydraulic line on one eng(rubber) and a rubber accordion boot on the other that actuates your clutch.

There is not much way to tell if it is the slave cylinder or master cylinder because if either one of them tears up the system doesnt work right, but the symptoms are the same. Check for leakage at the slave cylinder boot, plus the lines that run along the firewall over to the master cylinder. This is in the far left corner on the firewall, a smaller brake fluid reservoir. This connects inside to your pedal. To check for proper operation, have a friend push the clutch in for you. Watch the end of the slave cylinder rubber boot. IT should move about 1/2" or so. IF it barely moves you have a hydraulic failure, either the MC or SC. It is best to replace both at once. Because, if you have 2 weak 13 year old components, and suddenly install a new one on one end, it adds stress to the other older one adn makes it fail soon after. Same with installing a new/stiffer clutch pressure plate setup.

You can remove/replace them yourself fairly easily, th only hard part is bleeding but I have a one man, fool proof way of doing that quickly also that costs very little and requries no special tools. You cant really repair them yourself successfully. They sell rebuild kits, but its much easier to buy the components.

BTW I have both, brand new mazda parts already bled for $100 shipped. Just bolt in the 2 ends and be done for 13 more years :-)

 

Try checking the fluid reserviour first! If it's low there are two places to look - the flex hose at the slave cylinder - it tends to split at the bottom union - also the seals at the bottom of the reserviour gets hard and leaks. Failing this it is either the main or the slave cylinder.
Ian

 

hypntyz7,

I'm going to run a check tomorrow, the sun is begining to set and I won't be able to check very well in the dark but I will get back to you in regards to the parts. Thanks.