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i have an 01 and had the clutch replaced by the tsb. and the clutch was fine until recently the pedal itself feels sticky on the way down and up. much more noticeable when lifting the pedal off the ground very slowly. anybody know what the problem is? my guess is i need to relube something. just feels like some part needs grease or something. anykind of help will be greatly appreciated. thanks guys
You can try to do a couple of things: regrease the pedal assembly itself or get underneath the car and try it on the bottom end, make sure the carpet isn't getting in the way of the movement, and also check the clutch fluid level and how clean it is. Hope this helps!
Had a Civic like that once. The clutch wasn't sliding on the transmission input shaft splines easily. We needed the clutch to be changed anyways and the resulting cleanup of the splines made the action much better. You'rs could be binding for some reason but that would require a disassembly again. Try the easy options first...
From my own personal experience, your "stick point" you describe points to a worn throw-out bearing guide. This guide is a fixed tubular item that allows the throw-out bearing to travel by applied direction of the pivot-fork in tandem with your clutch pedal actuation. That your clutch pedal has seemed to "stick" to the floor of a sort, that was my own experience.
I suffered this "stickiness" in the pedal and replaced my clutch items with new OEM items (sorry, still NA ). While doing the work, I identified this worn guide and replaced it. Best guess was that my service tech, during the clutch buzz TSB some 30K miles previously, had over-greased the throw-out bearing upon reinstallation. Extra grease bound debris/shavings from the clutch plate. Those shavings slowly, frictionally, wore away on the guide at the pressure side of the pivot actuation. Replaced guide and properly greased T.O. bearing...no more stuck pedal.
Again, just the guide and your sticking problem to speak of here. Here's a pic of my old guide I replaced:
Its easy...if you're experienced in tearing down a clutch in the first place. You have to dismantle the tranny from the engine and then a few other goodies in the bell housing of the tranny (clutch-wise) to access the 3 bolts to remove the guide pictured above. Guide itself?...~ $48 or so from Honda parts. Greasing correctly...priceless!
FYI: I just had this done as well. Had my service 54 done and shortly after my clutch was sticking. It got to the point where it was HARD to depress and stuck on the take up. I brought it in and they changed the master and slave clutch cylinder and greased the shift release fork and all is better.
When I had my clutch replaced from Honda due to TSB# 00-054, they had told me that the T.B., clutch disc, and pressure plate were completely in shambles! All major parts of the clutch had failed. Now being that this is coming from my own experience, I dont think that in this case it would be the T.B. Clutch slave and master cylinder would be my next guess to check out.
08-22-2004, 11:25 PM
sticky clutch?
). While doing the work, I identified this worn guide and replaced it. Best guess was that my service tech, during the clutch buzz TSB some 30K miles previously, had over-greased the throw-out bearing upon reinstallation. Extra grease bound debris/shavings from the clutch plate. Those shavings slowly, frictionally, wore away on the guide at the pressure side of the pivot actuation. Replaced guide and properly greased T.O. bearing...no more stuck pedal.
