If air in clutch line is NOT the problem, could these ideas be at fault?
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If air in clutch line is NOT the problem, could these ideas be at fault?
I bench-bled my clutch line and read everything on this site about bleeding. Pedal is firm to floor. Let's say you believe me when I say I have no air in the clutch system.
Problems started when I replaced the transmission, clutch, clutch slave and master and flywheel. My clutch engages when pedal is 3/4" above the floorboard, causing problems.
Then, could it be???? (Excuse the new thread. I entered a similar question on a bleed-type thread. It is just that I would like the new thread to cover ideas about non-bleed-caused clutch problems.)
1. Could the new flywheel be too thin and therefore add space in the physical line up of parts, too much space for the fingers on the clutch to self-adjust?
2. Could the new clutch slave cylinder need some sort of offset washers to push it closer to the clutch?
3. Could the new clutch plate itself be too thin?
Problems started when I replaced the transmission, clutch, clutch slave and master and flywheel. My clutch engages when pedal is 3/4" above the floorboard, causing problems.
Then, could it be???? (Excuse the new thread. I entered a similar question on a bleed-type thread. It is just that I would like the new thread to cover ideas about non-bleed-caused clutch problems.)
1. Could the new flywheel be too thin and therefore add space in the physical line up of parts, too much space for the fingers on the clutch to self-adjust?
2. Could the new clutch slave cylinder need some sort of offset washers to push it closer to the clutch?
3. Could the new clutch plate itself be too thin?
#3
you could actually have bad master or slave cylinders. when you say its 3/4 off the floor are you trying to indicate your pedal is all the way back or what. When does it diengage? at the same level?
Unless you got a real bad clutch pack or had a lot milled off the flywheel but I would think a good shop would have advised if they took that much off.
Unless you got a real bad clutch pack or had a lot milled off the flywheel but I would think a good shop would have advised if they took that much off.
#4
What I mean is that the clutch will start to engage when the pedal is just barely raised about 1 inch up from the fully down position. It also means that I have a lot of trouble changing gears. On my other truck, I can duplicate the effect by only pushing down the clutch about 1/2 way and then trying to change gears. So I suspect I will have to take it all apart as the advice above suggests. I was hoping that I was not the first in the history of the Ford Ranger to have this problem and someone would have had a similar situation over the past 16 years and could tell me about it.......
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