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Re: What is the problem when clutch feels loose and gears...
You need to add the clutch fluid (open the engine area and see a place where the Fluid is placed) coz it might be empty or low. It should now be the empty bottle. Please tell me if it was of help
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With the engine running and the clutch pressed all the way down try each gear in turn and listen. Do you get any crunching or grinding noises? Nasty noises on gear changes with the clutch fully pressed is commonly a sign of a badly worn clutch. No noises suggests linkage problems or an issue inside the transmission itself.
On a manual transmission you start at the gear stick and work down to the actual transmission. First check the links on the gearstick under the floor. Then follow those cables down to the transmission and check the linkages at that end. Sometimes a worn or loose linkage bush can cause loss of gears. Next check the arms and levers on the outside of the transmission itself. Work it by hand feeling and listening for it "Clunking" as it drops into all the gears. If it doesnt feel solid and 'notchy' the issue could be inside the transmission itself. You'll need a gearbox specialist to look at it for that issue.
Check there is free play at the clutch slave cylinder , if the cv joint or drive shaft is broken it should make a noise when in gear with clutch engaged .
It really sound like you are going to need a new clutch. If the slave or master cylinders were bad they would feel loose, a stiff pedal usually means something came apart in the pressure plate.
do you mean wont disengage? does the pedal feel normal, or like its pushing nothing?cant put it in gear? or goes in gear but wont move?. if you put it in gear but car wont move, the clutch is toasted. if you can put it in gear with the engine off, but not when its running, check the clutch master fluid. if its low or out, then the slave or master is leaking and you will need to replace both. if the clutch arm IS working, and the pedal feels normal, sometimes you can put in gear, and start it with the clutch pedal depressed and drive it, and goose the gas to "break the disc loose"
you need to bleed the clutch system.. have someone pump the clutch pedal three or four times, hold it down and release the bleeder valve( make sure the person holds the pedal down till after you tighten the bleeder valve back down) repeat this four or five times or till the clutch pedal feels like it did before.. good luck keith...
Hi,
maybe has a broken linkage or the bolt came lose.
Check if you can engage hall the gears pushing the linkage by hand,engine ranning and same one pressing the clutch!that way you can have same idea wath is wrong?!
This may be wear clutch related, if the clutch is starting to wear out past a certain point of clutch disk thickness the trans gears don't stop when you press the clutch in, this causes hard to shift issues like yours, one question does the clutch feel soft ot have to much play?
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