Reinforced My Clutch Pedal and Now Problems...
11-30-2014, 05:45 PM
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Reinforced My Clutch Pedal and Now Problems...
As the title states I recently crushed my clutch pedal to the floor. After which I took it out welded the **** out of it and also welded the metal around the spring attachments as it was starting to push through. Consequently I also replaced my whole engine, transmission, clutch, master and slave cylinder at the same time.
No joke.
So everything is re-installed and works pretty good. I didn't notice much of a problem right away because I was breaking the new clutch in (keeping it under 4500 rpms).
Lately I've been redlining her once in a while to see how she handles now that I've put over 1000 clicks on her. I had started to get aggravated cause the pedal felt a little light to begin with and kinda wishy washy with when their would be resistance. I just chalked this up to the lightweight flywheel and new clutch (HD Stage One). This is where the problem starts.
I redline it in 2nd or 3rd and when I clutch in and shift up the clutch pedal sticks in the clutch point. Not necessarily on the floor... but pretty close. It sticks so much that when the car is shifted into the next up gear (or I think it is) I go to give it gas and it revs because the clutch is still disengaged due to the pedal being stuck. Once the rpms drop or I nudge it with my toe it seems to come free. After I did this once I also began to notice a noise all the time whenever I press the clutch pedal in. (Video Below). It sort of sounds like a pop can being crushed, or a weird dull scrapy squeal. I tried adjusting the stroke length making it a bit longer and I looked at the assembly and it all looks fine.
MY question is, could it be the bracing in the master cylinder (the welds or whatever holds the master cylinders bolt to the fire wall)? Or maybe it's my clutch pedal spring or something? Should I keep trouble shooting or just shell out for a new clutch pedal assembly? I posted the video of the sound below.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg508/ds08tf/IMG_11051_zpsduh1gqpc.mp4
No joke.
So everything is re-installed and works pretty good. I didn't notice much of a problem right away because I was breaking the new clutch in (keeping it under 4500 rpms).
Lately I've been redlining her once in a while to see how she handles now that I've put over 1000 clicks on her. I had started to get aggravated cause the pedal felt a little light to begin with and kinda wishy washy with when their would be resistance. I just chalked this up to the lightweight flywheel and new clutch (HD Stage One). This is where the problem starts.
I redline it in 2nd or 3rd and when I clutch in and shift up the clutch pedal sticks in the clutch point. Not necessarily on the floor... but pretty close. It sticks so much that when the car is shifted into the next up gear (or I think it is) I go to give it gas and it revs because the clutch is still disengaged due to the pedal being stuck. Once the rpms drop or I nudge it with my toe it seems to come free. After I did this once I also began to notice a noise all the time whenever I press the clutch pedal in. (Video Below). It sort of sounds like a pop can being crushed, or a weird dull scrapy squeal. I tried adjusting the stroke length making it a bit longer and I looked at the assembly and it all looks fine.
MY question is, could it be the bracing in the master cylinder (the welds or whatever holds the master cylinders bolt to the fire wall)? Or maybe it's my clutch pedal spring or something? Should I keep trouble shooting or just shell out for a new clutch pedal assembly? I posted the video of the sound below.
http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg508/ds08tf/IMG_11051_zpsduh1gqpc.mp4
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