quote:Originally posted by Joules5:
I suggest to remove the clutch slave actuating rod pin and see if you can push the slave cylinder back by hand to establish whether it is truly a slave problem or more likely a clutch problem.
I hate to say but I have a feeling you may have over extended the clutch fork and it has popped out of the retainer on the throwout bearing and not seated back correctly. This may explain both the non return fully and hard clutch pedal. I'm not sure whether you'd be able to see with a flashlight in the sight hole of the bell housing.
Yeah, maybe there are potential downsides to a long-throw slave, we will see. Only problem to remove is that actuating rod pin that goes through the slave eye bold attached to the trans arm is in there pretty solid to try and hammer it through in such a small space. Today I bought a small 1/2" bold with a small sliding rod on it with nut behind it, and I may be able to place it bewteen a good solid part of the clutch arm and the slave bracket to turn it slightly enough to remove pressure and then remove the pin that goes through the slave/trans arm, and then remove the slave. Things are so close together in that area that I don't think I have much room to play with the slave unless I remove it, but we will see.
I may look in the bellhousing hole and try a photo through the bellhousig too, but I have no clue what I am looking at...at least my camera gets in places that sometimes my face/flashlight can't.