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Driving along, went to change into second, pushed clutch in and heard a loudish crack... then discovered the clutch wasn't disengaged. I'm guessing it's likely the master cylinder has shit itself as the same thing happened to the VL once, though it could the pivot point or something I've heard is apparently "weak" with these gearboxes...

Thoughts? Had to cruise over to aunt's place with only 2nd gear zzzz

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Well car is IN Kambah at the moment out the front of my aunt's place, their neighbour runs a mechanic business from his backyard. Might get him to sort it since it's there lol. I'm really hoping it's the master cylinder like the VL :(

It's not losing fluid that I noticed, but it can still be the master cylinder. With the VL I used to drive, the exact same thing happened (though I didn't hear/feel the snapping of whatever broke) while changing from 4th to 5th on the highway. The pedal would have no resistance until just before the floor, which wasn't enough to disengage the clutch. Turned out there is a spring inside the master cylinder that had snapped into 3 pieces, and however the master cylinder worked it was required to allow it to pump fluid through to the slave. Something has snapped, so I'm thinking it's either the same deal with something inside the master cylinder, or the fork pivot has snapped. Will find out soon enough, at least the car is right next door to a backyard mechanic who'll apparently do mates rates for me...just gotta find the culprit then get him to replace it :)

The dude next door to my Aunt's place will have a look at it over the next few days. He runs a business called "Pal's Automotive" or something similar, so at least he's got a hoist etc :P

He'll let me know what's broken then I'll go from there I suppose, though I did get my aunt to pump the clutch while I had my head on the ground watching the slave cylinder - it moves, just not nearly as much as I think it should. Good sign in a way I suppose

rofl, not THAT clutch >.>

yeah Jono that was the first thing I looked at, unfortunately that ain't the problem. It's been suggested part of the whole bracket that the pedal is held in place by has snapped....I dunno, haven't heard anything from the mechanic dude yet, though I told him no rush. I'm not too fussed about riding everywhere on a pushy lol

Pedal box broke. Need new pedal box. FML.

Although somehow bleeding the system plus removing an apparently unneeded reservoir near the slave cylinder has given me use of my clutch again.....anyone explain???

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