Transmissions and DrivetrainNeed help with your trans? Problems with your axle?
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ok, so i am driving down the road, and i go to shift push the clutch and it works ..... but i hear a click/snap noise like metal heating up or cooling down verry rappidly, like that. so i change gears clutch out, all is well. drive down the road a bit clutch in again, louder noise, more like a snap this time, souned like a cable or spring breaking. clutch pedal goes to the floor effortlessly but clutch is still out. can't get the car out of gear, so i wrestle it out of gear (yank hard!)coast to a stop. try the clutch, it stays on the floor. upon inspection (had car towed home) there is a rod the pedal pushes on at the top,this rod is suposed to push the top of the pedal toward the firewall, and thus (since it is on a pivot) force the bottom of the pedal back toward me. well it no longer does that.
so what i need to know, is,
1. what did i break
2. how much is it going to cost me (parts only, i do work)
3. how hard to fix
4. is this my fault, did i mistreat my baby? or do these things "just happen"
thanks guys, i can't drive till i fix this, anny help would be great.
Is your linkage hydraulic (84-up) or mechanical (82-83) style?
So the pedal is just kinda hanging there, swinging back and forth and the rod isn't moving?
Pull the trim panel off, and see what, if anything falls out to the floor.
One of two things then...the retaining clip may have broken off and allowed the eye of the pushrod to slip off the pivot; or the pivot itself either wore through, or broke off the pedal arm.
The retaining clip is easy to replace; the pedal arm is a pain as it requires much dexterity to work in the limited space between the wiring.
is an 86. and the trim panal is allready off. the pedal and pivot (part where pedal ataches to firewall, right?) are fine. more details on the otherting you said would be cool. thanks for responding
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your master cylinder or slave cylinder or a hose has busted, check under the car on your bell housing to see if the slave cylinder is ok, you can replace all the parts yourself, it's easy but takes some time, remember you have to bleed the entire system afterwards
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