SBrewer7713
Member
Hello guys been using this forum for years and just now registering. Lol I want you to know I’ve read every post and seen every video on c4 clutch bleeding. Seriously and I’m still stuck.
Got around to buying another C4 z52. Only issue is my clutch doesn’t do anything. Let me explain.
I purchased it as is for 2300$ has 104k on the dash. Previous owner stated it needs a new master cyl installed and even included it! So I installed it and......nothing. Has Hydraulic pressure but not what a clutch should feel like, it’s too soft and kind of easy to push down.....So I go ahead and replace the slave cyl in good faith. Still nothing...fearing the worse I order an entire clutch kit and throw out bearing (Valeo) pay a mechanic 500 to install and after 2 weeks I get my car back ( with a hole in my floor because they jacked it under the drivers seat)......it gets worse...my car clutch still won’t disengage....another week goes by guy fixes floor...but still no clutch and to my suprisethe old clutch still had some meat on it!
I decide to abandon the shady mechanic and drove it home in 3rd. Bled for 3 days no success...bled for hours with three people and a mighty vac and the old school way. Removed from bell housing and bled etc....pressure but no clutch.
So I can see the rod moving maybe half inch and hear a “creaking” at the fork? Fork has alot of free play too, up and down (vertical) and in and out of bellhousing (left tire to right tire motion) is that normal?????
Can’t get into any gear while cars off without bumping the starter most times.
I did a quick test by putting shifter next to reverse and pumping clutch to see if contact chatter would quiet maybe a little but nothing 0 clutch even though it has pressure......The exact problem I started with before dumping about $1000 into this.
What should I do now? My best guess is fork is bent or pivot ball isn’t connected properly? Any similar stories?
Any one in ATL?
Got around to buying another C4 z52. Only issue is my clutch doesn’t do anything. Let me explain.
I purchased it as is for 2300$ has 104k on the dash. Previous owner stated it needs a new master cyl installed and even included it! So I installed it and......nothing. Has Hydraulic pressure but not what a clutch should feel like, it’s too soft and kind of easy to push down.....So I go ahead and replace the slave cyl in good faith. Still nothing...fearing the worse I order an entire clutch kit and throw out bearing (Valeo) pay a mechanic 500 to install and after 2 weeks I get my car back ( with a hole in my floor because they jacked it under the drivers seat)......it gets worse...my car clutch still won’t disengage....another week goes by guy fixes floor...but still no clutch and to my suprisethe old clutch still had some meat on it!
I decide to abandon the shady mechanic and drove it home in 3rd. Bled for 3 days no success...bled for hours with three people and a mighty vac and the old school way. Removed from bell housing and bled etc....pressure but no clutch.
So I can see the rod moving maybe half inch and hear a “creaking” at the fork? Fork has alot of free play too, up and down (vertical) and in and out of bellhousing (left tire to right tire motion) is that normal?????
Can’t get into any gear while cars off without bumping the starter most times.
I did a quick test by putting shifter next to reverse and pumping clutch to see if contact chatter would quiet maybe a little but nothing 0 clutch even though it has pressure......The exact problem I started with before dumping about $1000 into this.
What should I do now? My best guess is fork is bent or pivot ball isn’t connected properly? Any similar stories?
Any one in ATL?