Spiffy Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 ok, so I thought my clutch was dying, as it started slipping a lot, but not always... better safe than sorry I replaced the clutch... still slipping sometimes... replaced the slave cylinder... worked all summer and now it's slipping sometimes again... just replaced the master cylinder... worked yesterday after I picked it up, and started slipping again this morning during the wife's errands... each time something was replaced it seemed to do it less and less... but it's still doing it! the pedal feels fine... was a little "off" before replacing the clutch and slave... "off" meaning that it didn't feel as good as the '98 Imp after its clutch replacement, but now it feels "normal"... I've tried pumping the clutch pedal to see if that will release its grip on the clutch and let it fully engage but that doesn't seem to help... I checked the rod/pin where it attaches from the pedal to the master cylinder and it's not tight enough to even have tension, so it's not that the adjustment is out... besides, that would be always, not on and off... I've always just had to wait until it decided to start working again, which was usually overnight but was sometimes on the trip home halfway down the highway... what's the deal? is there something somewhere that could be catching something and not letting it release? --Spiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiffy Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 just talked to my old mechanic in Portland Oregon (Richie @ Superior Import) who said there was a service bulletin this last summer on the soft hose between the master and slave... I didn't replace that because it was on back-order... being in Wisconsin now I'm going to miss the plethora of subaru knowledge in the northwest... ): good thing for the internet... ordering and replacing the hose now... hopefully that'll solve it... I'm going to miss having Richie around to fix things I'm too lazy to do, and to clean up after my botched repairs... (: --Spiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 That's interesting and very good to know. I've seen the same thing happen with brake lines (it was like having a one-way check valve), but hadn't thought about it on a hydraulic clutch setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiffy Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 ok, so the hose has been replaced and it's STILL DOING IT... replaced clutch kit, slave and master cylinders, and soft line... so, I'm thinking it's gotta be something internal... what could it be? shaft marred so that pressure plate and bearings are binding on the shaft and not moving back to the clutch? is that possible? I'm not sure how everything in there is connected... anybody have a diagram of the clutch workings inside the bell housing? I'm probably too lazy to do this myself and will have to take it to a shop/dealer... which means big $ having them pull the tranny just to hope to find something wrong... --Spiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belacane Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 It's been a while since you posted this. Interested to know how it turned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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