My clutch was slipping, so i installed a new one today and every since we put it in the pedal keeps sticking and taking forever to come back up. It has very low engagement point, should i just adjust the pedal or do i need to changed the clutch fluid or something. Please any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

You need to bleed the air from the slave cylinder

Hope this helps

http://www.infinitihelp.com/diy/gcou...id_service.htm

 

My car is supercharged with a new clutch. I let it sit for 20 days due to weather. The temp was all over the place from 30 degrees to 90. The first day back to driving the clutch stuck half way for one second on that hot day. The next day dropped to 60 degrees and now the clutch pedal pops right out like new. Maybe the pedal just needed a work out.

 

well its already in the 80's here probably no more cold weather here

 

but i will bleed the line today and do a little adjusting on the pedal

 

^....110%....^ There's very little that would react like this other than air in you clutch lines, bleed will fix it. Sure gets you attention huh....
Gary

 

Arrrggg. The pedal did great for a few days and started to stick a tiny bit today. Other than the safety issue, can I drive the car like this for a while? Or does some air in the clutch line cause any problems if not checked?

 

just bleed it again

 

unfortunatly, after changing the clutch you need to bleed the air out. it can take awhile to get all the air out of the line too. If i remember correctly, when i changed out my clutch last year it took my mechanic about 30mins to bleed all the air out.

 

Should a mechanic do this (bleed the line) for free after putting in the clutch? Or do I have to pay for this? Also, how long can I leave this problem as is? Will it mess up the clutch if I do this 6 months from now? Or is it a asap problem?

 

actually i did mine about 15 minutes and afterwards it was kinda still doing it so i parked up for 2 days i got in it today and clutch pedal is fine i guess it wants to do what it wants to do

 

ok well first bleed the clutch like you were already told and if thats not the problem flush your clutch fluid and put new fluid in it. Almost positive it's air. If you don't bleed it right the problem will persist. Have one person pumping the pedal and one person underneath to crack the bleeder valve on the clutch slave cylinder so only air can escape...fluid will come out though, its inevitable. if air keeps entering into the system then troublshoot for leaks. let me know of anything else. i like to help.

 

Bleeding sounds right here however there are other issues that may be at fault as well. Hopefully you had a good clutch installed. But with that clutch hopefully you installed an upgraded line (stainles steel clutch line), throw out bearing, pivot ball and roller pilot bearing. Reason for all this stuff is the longevity of the clutch. However if you did not upgrade the clutch line the problem is the fact tha your new clutch has a higher ft lbs pressure, this will cause your stock clutch line to balloon rather than transfer fluid from point a to point b. And as far as bleeding? There is a way to get stuborn bubbles out. It is a 2 man job. In addition to doing the typical 123 and hold crack bleed valve method, simply be ready under the car and open the bleed valve and have the guy inside the car press it to the floor. this causes the fluid to move so rapidly there is no chance for bubbles to reamain in pockets throughout the system. If you need any other help pm me. later mike

 

My clutch pedal has been great for the last 5 days. Crazy! I hope the sticking was due to not driving it for a while. Rest assure, I will post again when the pedal starts to stick!

 

I have a 2004 M6 and recently changed my clutch and flywheel. I installed a JWT flywheel and an oem clutch. the clutch fluid line was disconnected for over a week with no fluid in the master. When I tried to bleed the clutch, I finally realized that the fitting was leaking because I hadn't installed one of the sealing washers. Having done that, after over an hour of trying to bleed the clutch, I get very little clutch tightening. Has there been damage done to the master or the slave? Is it standard procedure to replace the slave?