Hi, Guest
03-23-2011, 01:37 AM
So.... last Friday, was driving the g/f to work. Took a corner, went to shift from 2nd to 3rd and... no clutch. As in no disengage. Hmm.
Car rolls to a stop. Clutch pedal moves fairly freely to the floorboard. Can't grab a gear. Shut off engine, grab 1st... car doesn't roll. So clutch is perma-engaged. Pumping clutch yields small dribbles of fluid under the trans. Cursing ensues.
Call tow truck, tow to g/f's step-dad's garage a few KMs away. They inspect and tell me that my slave cylinder is likely gone. Also tell me that my clutch is likely "ruined" due to fluid leakage all over it. WTF?
Also, am told that front pass. wheel bearing is almost gone. That's funny, it was solid in Sept and Stan told me they were less than 2 years old. *puzzled*
Anyhow, had the car towed back home as the shop said it was going to be minimum $500 to attempt to fix (parts, etc) and possibly more than $1000 if the clutch is toast. Uhm, no. Will do stage 2 clutch, LSD and flywheel at that point if need be.
So... how much of a bitch is it going to be to check on this situation? I have hydraulic jacks and jackstands ready to go, along with a myriad of sockets, wrenches and a new impact gun.
Car rolls to a stop. Clutch pedal moves fairly freely to the floorboard. Can't grab a gear. Shut off engine, grab 1st... car doesn't roll. So clutch is perma-engaged. Pumping clutch yields small dribbles of fluid under the trans. Cursing ensues.
Call tow truck, tow to g/f's step-dad's garage a few KMs away. They inspect and tell me that my slave cylinder is likely gone. Also tell me that my clutch is likely "ruined" due to fluid leakage all over it. WTF?
Also, am told that front pass. wheel bearing is almost gone. That's funny, it was solid in Sept and Stan told me they were less than 2 years old. *puzzled*
Anyhow, had the car towed back home as the shop said it was going to be minimum $500 to attempt to fix (parts, etc) and possibly more than $1000 if the clutch is toast. Uhm, no. Will do stage 2 clutch, LSD and flywheel at that point if need be.
So... how much of a bitch is it going to be to check on this situation? I have hydraulic jacks and jackstands ready to go, along with a myriad of sockets, wrenches and a new impact gun.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.