I went to start my car to move it into the driveway tonight. I pushed in the clutch pedal and it made a small noise and the pedal went right to the floor with no resistance. It's a Centerforce Dual Friction clutch with a Centerforce flywheel, new roller pilot bearing, new throwout bearing. All that was installed in about March. It has been working perfectly, no slipping, no noise, very smooth. It engaged about halfway up from the floor, so I know I had the throwout bearing installed correctly.

I'm guessing that it is something with the hydraulics, maybe the slave cylinder? I think it's the slave because when I put the new flywheel on and shimmed the starter, to check clearance I had a friend crank it over with only the flywheel on, no clutch so I could see it. Well he pushed the clutch pedal in, so the rod in the slave came out some, but not all the way. It was pretty easy to push back in. Isn't it supposed to be a little firm?

What do you guys think? Should I just buy a new hydraulic system from the dealer as a unit? I see people use 4th Gen hydraulic systems, are those a direct bolt in no modifications necessary?

I need this car to get to work so any quick help would be appreciated. Thanks guys.

 

I did more searching and it seems like the problem is the hydraulics/slave or maybe the clutch fork.

Anyone have any thoughts? I need to buy parts tomorrow and get it fixed quick.

 

Happened to me like that on a pickup I had.Betcha a beer that your clutch fork wore through on the pivot ball,in otherwords,it's now got a hole where the pivot point was,and the ball poked through the fork.

 

Hmmm that's definitely a possibility. I'll have to take a quick look tomorrow morning before I go to work. Does replacing the fork require removing the tranny?

 

Nope the fork is fine. You owe me a beer.

I just checked it. There was fluid on the slave housing thing and when I push the slave rod back into the slave, more fluid leaks out. So I guess I either blew the line or the slave itself. Either way, a new hydraulic system is in order from GM.

So can I just buy the one designed for 4th Gens? I know the line is much better. Does anything need to be changed or modified to put it in?

 

Guess I didn't think too hard about using the 4th gen assembly. I searched more and realized that the T56 uses the pull type clutch, so the hydraulic setup is different. I guess what I remembered was people using the 4th gen line only.