MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

Out of nowhere my clutch pedal now feels like hard mush. Theres no stroke/engagement point to it. I can get the tranny into gear when the car is off w/and w/out using the clutch. When the car is on, it won't go into any gear. The moments right before this happened I noticed my clutch pedal was vibrating/shaking if that means anything…

1. Bled the system and measured the stroke of the release fork, roughly 1/2".

2. Adjusted three year old clutch master cylinder/clutch pedal, no difference. No fluid on the floor in the car.

3. Replaced slave cylinder, no difference.

4. Replaced clutch master cylinder, no difference, release fork stroke is still roughly 1/2" (and holds this position if the clutch is pushed in for a period of time). Bled the crap out of the clutch system and tried different adjustments on the master cylinder and clutch pedal and I'm still where I started.

d16z6 engine/tranny w/160K miles, Honda MTF fluid in there since last summer, and the fluid level is good. The transmission does grind the top of 2nd/3rd if driven hard. Clutch specialties sprung 6 puck clutch w/maybe 15K miles on it.

I'm outta ideas, heed help. >:(

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

pm mista bone he is really good with d-series transmissions

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

sort of sounds like the pp fingers are wore and the TO bearing is not working like it should probably just need to pull the tranny and see

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

your throwout grenaded, or wore into the pp fingers. can't compress steel with your foot.

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

spit a spring out of the clutch disc, typical of a B series tranny, but also showing up on D's lately.

I know you hate to hear it, but drop the tranny for a looksie.

BTW, rarely said here, nice post, gave me the info I needed without asking 1000 questions.

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

+1

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it. I'll start tear down tonight and report back when I make some progress.

Is this common w/a particular brand or driving conditions the clutch sees?

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

60k on stock B clutches is about the usual lifespan.

Must be all that torque :)

Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

I got the transmission out tonight and its pretty obvious what the problem is.

Its very difficult to turn the TOB by hand
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The disc is done.
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Re: MT won't go into gear, need suggestions
 

stop street driving the 6pucks and youll be fine