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Last night I was driving normally and then came up to a hill and said what the heck and felt like giving it a good thrash. Anyway I reved my car and dumped the clutch but a few secs after moving I was like wtf why isnt my wheels spinning and the cars moving. I tried to push in my clutch as I was coming to a stop sign and realised my clutch was all the way stuck at the bottom!! Only other time ive felt this is when my clutch cable snapped on my civic. I couldnt put my car into gear for bout 1 minute then it jst popped out and was normal again??? Only thing is my clutch feels a bit softer and i cooked it harddddd!! The clutch smelt all the way home and when my car was in the garage the smell was there for at least an hour.

Did i wear out my clutch alot just then? And why would the clutch stick to the floor????

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with your pedal stuck to the ground, this sounds like a hydraulic problem (master cylinder or slave cylinder or both). Yes other cars use a cable clutch but skyline uses hydraulic.

To get your master cylinder reconditioned with new seals and stainless steel sleeve if needed is about 70-100 per cylinder. Mechanic can do this for you or you can give it a go yourself, i tried it myself and ended up stuffing up the master cylinder again so for $200 or so save the hassle and let a mechanic get it going for you.

With the clutch - any idea on the wear on it? is it new? old? due for replacement?

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I had the same problem in my daily driver ( aus R31 ) about 3 months ago although I wasnt caining it. Just driving along and all of a sudden the pedal went to the floor.

Stuck my foot under it and popped it back up.

Never had a problem and it hasnt happened since.

shif_tea Grand Master

shif_tea

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yeah dude, i had same prob in r33 gtst. Went to do burnout with some mates in the car, revved, dumped clutch and car didn't move at all just revved like shit. Went to put clutch in and realised it was still stuck all the way down. Same thing, just popped out after a few secs and smelled like shit. Clutch then started taking heaps far out. That was a few months ago and i've been nice to it since. Still i think the clutch is gone and probably a hydraulic problem.

Let us know what yours turns out to be man

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Lepperfish Mentor

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He means the clutch wont engage or grab until the peddle is almost out at its furthest point.

Check your clutch fluid level.

I had the same problem in one of my Integras, it was the clutch master cylinder..

GTshortie Proficient

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Yeah my friend had a similar problem with his DCR2, but his clutch has done 100,000+! so its due for replacement, anyways he couldn't put it into gear, then we got it checked,

the clutch fluid was low, they topped it up, no problem since and his still driving dunno how the hell the clutch is lasting so long for him, he drives CRAZY!

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Kriminal this happened to me 2 nights ago. My car is still off the road and had my mechanic have a quick look at it at home (didnt jack up the car), he said possibly the clutch fork is bent broken or out of place, or maybe the pressure plate has collapsed

race_snooze Grand Master

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did something the same went to pop it and then found that I couldnt select gears (no clutch) waited for it to cool, no good, I had to drive home with no clutch so learnt to match rev quick. Found problem to be that pressure plate weled its self. Came unstuck with some help from 2nd gear

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Last night I was driving normally and then came up to a hill and said what the heck and felt like giving it a good thrash. Anyway I reved my car and dumped the clutch but a few secs after moving I was like wtf why isnt my wheels spinning and the cars moving. I tried to push in my clutch as I was coming to a stop sign and realised my clutch was all the way stuck at the bottom!! Only other time ive felt this is when my clutch cable snapped on my civic. I couldnt put my car into gear for bout 1 minute then it jst popped out and was normal again??? Only thing is my clutch feels a bit softer and i cooked it harddddd!! The clutch smelt all the way home and when my car was in the garage the smell was there for at least an hour.

Did i wear out my clutch alot just then? And why would the clutch stick to the floor????

Yepo, this happened to me only 3 weeks ago..

Took car to mechanic, 2 things were wrong..

1) I had a tiny slit in the rubber connect hose from clutch cylinder to master cylinder pipe..that needed replacing $15....(situated under car, under drivers seat)

2)the actual steel pipe that holds the clutch fluid from master cylinder (under the hood) down along firewall to the slave cylinder, under the car was not in the master cylinder far enought therefore, air was getting in under pressure, therefore clutch went floppy...

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