donkeylips
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I've been driving my car about 50 miles a day since January with few problems. But suddenly my car does not shift properly anymore and I fear that I will do some transmission damage if I keep driving it like this (I rev match as much as possible and can usually get it to slide into gear OK).
It will sometimes either not want to go into gear at all, or go in hard. I've been avoiding reverse because it grinds like crazy most of the time. The slave is fairly new. The master appeared to be leaking a little bit so I replaced it with a low-mileage used OEM one. Gear oil / Pennzoil mix in trans looks fine and at the right level.
I have bled and adjusted the clutch, which I have done many times before. I don't think it's a hydraulic problem. It engages at a normal point (not right off the floor). But the clutch appears to be dragging because yesterday when it really didn't want to go into gear, it would creep forward in 1st gear with the clutch in. Yet still not grab right off the floor. Then other times it goes right into gear with no problems.
I'm wondering what could cause this intermittent behavior. It's got a Fidanza clutch (street disk) with about 10k. Some theories include: missing PP finger, missing disk spring, bent fork, an air bubble in the system, or crankwalk.
It will sometimes either not want to go into gear at all, or go in hard. I've been avoiding reverse because it grinds like crazy most of the time. The slave is fairly new. The master appeared to be leaking a little bit so I replaced it with a low-mileage used OEM one. Gear oil / Pennzoil mix in trans looks fine and at the right level.
I have bled and adjusted the clutch, which I have done many times before. I don't think it's a hydraulic problem. It engages at a normal point (not right off the floor). But the clutch appears to be dragging because yesterday when it really didn't want to go into gear, it would creep forward in 1st gear with the clutch in. Yet still not grab right off the floor. Then other times it goes right into gear with no problems.
I'm wondering what could cause this intermittent behavior. It's got a Fidanza clutch (street disk) with about 10k. Some theories include: missing PP finger, missing disk spring, bent fork, an air bubble in the system, or crankwalk.
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