chuckdashi

Hi new the the forum and hoping some of the gurus here can help me diagnos my issue.

I have a 02 ap1. Clutch was replaced 3500 miles ago with a mastergrade clutch.

First time issue happened 2 weeks ago when car was driven to 9k, clutch went to the floor and wouldn't pop up. Had to wait for revs to drop pumped the clutch a couple times and it was back to normal. Didn't redline since.

2 weeks later. Drove around 5k couple times 2nd and 3rd gear and clutch went halfway from normal. Wouldn't pop in to any gear just grinds when car is on and clutch is down. Tried to turn car off pop in 3rd and drove it home that way.

2days ago. Thinking there's air on the lines decided to bleed the clutch filled the fluid to max and drove around. Did a 7500 pull on fourth. When tried to go to 5th car wouldn't shift. Slowed to a gas station. And car would not start anymore. Was able to push start the car in second back to a shop. Found out the fork on the tranny came off popped it back in and regreased it. Drove it again after to 7k and pedal still goes down but eventually pops back up now.

Today I drove the car to see if the issue was still bad did a 6000 pull and I can feel the clutch slowly going down so I stopped and currenty am stomped. I'm at the point of getting an oem clutch and replacing the fork. But figured I would ask if anyone else might have had the same issue and what was done to fix it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

-chris-

Billman250

I'm starting to see a lot of threads like this. It seems centrifugal force is having adverse effects on a lot of aftermarket pressure plates.

chuckdashi

Anyone?

chuckdashi

Well just an update. I replaced the mastergate clutch to an exedy oem, when we cracked the trans open we noticed that one of the springs from the old clutch felt loose. New exedy clutch installed and everything works fine so far.