lt1 clutch fork problems - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

ib4200 · 04-26-2010, 01:05 PM

so i put in a new pressure plate, flywheel, disk and throwout bearing and put everything back together and when i push the clutch pedal in its really really soft until about half way then it starts to get as firm as it should be and the clutch wont fully dis engage.(almost as if its out of ajustment)

i took everything back apart to make sure i didnt do anything obviously wrong like put the disk in backwards or anything and i still cant find the problem.

i did however notice that when i was taking the clutch fork off the throwout bearing when i was taking the old clutch out it took a decent amount of strength to get it out, but during assembly it was much easyer and there was even some slack in the fork. Is there some sort of trick to putting it back on? i know that the fork appeared to be around the throwout bearing like it should be but there was some slack in it. i also checked to make sure the new throwout bearing is the same size as the old one and that the parts store didnt give me the wrong one

by the way the fork is not bent and i didnt touch any of the hydrolics besides tucking it out of the way

ib4200 · 04-26-2010, 08:32 PM

anybody?

Pampered-Z · 04-27-2010, 11:46 AM

The fork has two "fingers" that snaps into the pivot by pushing it towards the throwout bearing. Make sure it's riding on the pivot properly, it will have free play until the slave is bolted on. Also make sure the slave is seated properly into the fork.

What clutch/disk did you install?

ib4200 · 04-27-2010, 01:31 PM

a duralast one, it seems like the fingers on the TB weren't snapping into the new one even though it snapped out during disassembly of the old one. As i recall theres only one place the fork will even fit around the throwout bearing

ib4200 · 04-30-2010, 11:07 PM

today i threw it all back together hoping that i overlooked something and it would now magically work. needless to say i was having the same problem and my buddys dad suggested pumping the living **** out of the clutch pedal, suprisingly somehow this fixed the problem after pumping the pedal till my legs fell off

deadtrend1 · 05-01-2010, 06:21 AM

try bleeding it for S**ts and Giggles?

ib4200 · 05-01-2010, 01:23 PM

i didnt see a need for that since i really didnt touch any of the hydrolic sytem, i just moved it out of the way