I'm driving back from class (at night) and 'enjoying' the drive. All of a sudden, the clutch is gone. The pedal is stuck to the floor. After I hit the hazards and pull-over, I fiddle with the clutch pedal and manage to get it back up. It returns quickly and the pedal feel is the exact same as before. Upon inspection with a flashlight, I can find nothing the pedal could hang-up on, no loose wiring or mechanical points to catch. Has this happened before?

Related, could it be one of the cylinders? When my brother and I tried bleeding the clutch (twice) the pedal needed to be pulled back-up, would not return like the brake. Also, the screw continued to spit air and fluid, even after several ounces of fluid was pushed through the lines. Again, clutch works just fine (gears don't catch if you shift smoothly), except this latest incident and that the pedal feels softer than I'd like.

 

Air in lines or failed master or slave.

 

The screw was spitting air and fluid? Silly question, but did you tighten it after bleeding?

 

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i had to use teflon tape on the threads of the bleeder screw to properly bleed mine...

 

Completely understandable given some of the things I've done in past. Yes.

@MIDNFauciUSN, thanks, I'll try it. Any chance of the tape disintegrating and clogging anything?

 

You shouldn't need PTF tape on any part of the brake hydraulics.

 

totally agree... but thats the only way i could get my crappy autozone replacement from sucking air back in through the threads (there was a vinyl tube attached - mityvac) method. i guess the tolerance wasnt close enough...

 

not for me... and its been a few hundred miles of semi-city-ish, plenty of clutch engagement/disengagements...