I just installed my t5 with a new clutch, pressure plate and throwout bearing. my clutch will not completely disengage now. I also installed a new slave cylinder at the same time and bled the system.

My question is, on what side of the bellhousing does the slave mount. On the side towards the front or rear of the car???

Thanks.

The onluy way it will really go; which is to the front of the bell housing.

I guess it's time to post my famous pics again....

Which way did you put the throwout bearing onto the fork?

throwout bearing looks to be installed correctly...Do the little fork tabs go on the outside of the bearing or in the center?? Your picture shows both ways....I also added 1/2" to the slave rod that contacts the fork. The clutch still won't completely disengage with the pedal to the floor. any more thoughts??

Thanks for the pics.

The "little tabs" are exactly what the pics are all about. That's the only difference between the 2 pics.

The upper picture is wrong; the lower picture is correct.

I'd bet money, if I was the betting kind, that you "clipped" those little ears on the outside of the TOB, like the upper pic shows. They belong INSIDE the groove, like the lower pic shows.

Put the rod back like it was, and fix the actual problem.

I did not clip them, I just didn't know which picture was correct since you posted two of them. My clips are actually like the top, so I will change the fork position later and hope for the best. Thanks,
chris

If you put it together like the top pic then that's your problem.

The purpose of that spring thing on the fork is actually to make the fork sit all the way forward (toward the clutch) in the TOB groove, with all the slack taken out of everything, so that as soon as you begin moving the clutch pedal, it's ready to start doing work. What putting it together backwards that way does, is to force the fork to sit all the way rearwards in the groove, away from the clutch; such that the first thing you have to do when you push the clutch, is to take up about ¼" of slack.... which uses up nearly half of the available travel of the parts. Then you don't have enough travel left to fully operate the diaphragm.

Un-hack the rod, because that isn't helping anything, and may in fact end up destroying stuff once you get it assembled correctly; and just put everything back together the way it goes, and your problem will be solved!!

I checked again today and the fork is installed correctly, per the bottom picture. Not sure what else would be wrong, but it will only work with the 1/2" extention on the rod. I've already driven the car about 50 miles with no problems and what's interesting is that I can still depress the rod into the slave another 1" even with that spacer in there. So i can't see it really doing any harm???

Is there any chance that the fork is bent somewhat??

Thanks,
Chris