Car wont go into gear?
04-15-2006, 04:58 PM
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Car wont go into gear?
I just did a clutch replacement for my car and afterwards the car would not go into gear.
I can go into gears when the car is turned off, but not when the car is running.
-When I start the car in gear, for instance, first gear, then the car creeps fowards then comes to a stop. I can make the car continue foward by releasing the clutch and make it stop by depressing it.
I replaced the throw out bearing, the clutch, and the pressure plate.
I have checked the fork and it moves fine along with the piston as you depress the clutch.
I have a series of questions
1. Can you install the clutch disc backwards, and what will happen if you do?
2. Could not selecting gears have something to do with the throwout bearing?
3. Is there something that I need to do to the clutch pedal for it to engage properly?
4. Can you move the fork by your hand?
Someone please help me, i' stuck and I really dont want to take the transmission apart unless I have to.
I can go into gears when the car is turned off, but not when the car is running.
-When I start the car in gear, for instance, first gear, then the car creeps fowards then comes to a stop. I can make the car continue foward by releasing the clutch and make it stop by depressing it.
I replaced the throw out bearing, the clutch, and the pressure plate.
I have checked the fork and it moves fine along with the piston as you depress the clutch.
I have a series of questions
1. Can you install the clutch disc backwards, and what will happen if you do?
2. Could not selecting gears have something to do with the throwout bearing?
3. Is there something that I need to do to the clutch pedal for it to engage properly?
4. Can you move the fork by your hand?
Someone please help me, i' stuck and I really dont want to take the transmission apart unless I have to.
04-15-2006, 09:10 PM
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You can't put it into gear when the engine running because you cannot disengage your clutch. The problem is to find out why. It could be something as simple as flushing and bleeding your clutch fluid. Here is a thread to show you how:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118878
I don't know what would happen if you can even put in the disc backwards or what it would do if you could.
I doubt it's the T.O. bearing. If the clutch action is smooth, then the bearing should be doing it's thing.
You don't mess with the clutch pedal unless all other avenues have been explored. The clutch pedal shouldn't go "out of adjustment" just from a clutch job.
Not sure what you mean by "move the fork by hand", but yes, you can yank the release fork out of its position and push it back in again. As to whether or not you can make it move in the same motion as the clutch hydraulics, would, I don't think you would have the strength to do it by hand.
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118878
I don't know what would happen if you can even put in the disc backwards or what it would do if you could.
I doubt it's the T.O. bearing. If the clutch action is smooth, then the bearing should be doing it's thing.
You don't mess with the clutch pedal unless all other avenues have been explored. The clutch pedal shouldn't go "out of adjustment" just from a clutch job.
Not sure what you mean by "move the fork by hand", but yes, you can yank the release fork out of its position and push it back in again. As to whether or not you can make it move in the same motion as the clutch hydraulics, would, I don't think you would have the strength to do it by hand.
04-28-2009, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hecash,Apr 16 2006, 05:17 AM
I agree with xviper. Your clutch is not disengaging.
Check everything from the throw-out bearing back to the clutch master cylinder.
As to your questions:
1. No. You can not properly bolt up the pressure plate with the clutch in backwards.
2. Yes......but I trust that you got it on the proper side of the pressure plate fingers. You should also check to see that the yoke (shift fork) is properly engaged to the throw-out bearing and that the piston rod from the slave cylinder is properly seated into the receiver on the yoke.
3. No.
4. Not if it's properly engaged (well, maybe a wiggle). The forked end should be fully seated on the throw-out bearing and the receiver end should be fully seated over the end of the slave cylinder piston rod.
Double check the piston rod/receiver point. Just pull the rubber housing away to take a peek.
I missed geting it done right once and your situation sounds a lot like the one I had at that time.
Check everything from the throw-out bearing back to the clutch master cylinder.
As to your questions:
1. No. You can not properly bolt up the pressure plate with the clutch in backwards.
2. Yes......but I trust that you got it on the proper side of the pressure plate fingers. You should also check to see that the yoke (shift fork) is properly engaged to the throw-out bearing and that the piston rod from the slave cylinder is properly seated into the receiver on the yoke.
3. No.
4. Not if it's properly engaged (well, maybe a wiggle). The forked end should be fully seated on the throw-out bearing and the receiver end should be fully seated over the end of the slave cylinder piston rod.
Double check the piston rod/receiver point. Just pull the rubber housing away to take a peek.
I missed geting it done right once and your situation sounds a lot like the one I had at that time.
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