gflat65
New Member
Hey everyone,
I'm finally getting around to working on this and have questions. I'm a muscle car guy and haven't done much with FWD cars.
My wife drove the integra for about a year. She was new to manual trannies, so I have no doubt she did some damage to the clutch. Before I dig into replacing the clutch, thought I'd check the other possibilities. I'll need to replace the clutch at some point even if I find an issue somewhere else, but time is a factor right now.
When I got the car back, I had difficulty shifting out of 1st into anything else. It eventually progressed to the point that I can't even get it in first now. When it was working, I could quick shift it and get it through all 5 forward gears (3-5 were the toughest initially) Now, reverse seems to work to some extent, but no forward gears. It's been a while since I did anything with it, but it seems like I'd get a grinding when I was trying to shift, then it'd drop into gear (meanwhile, I was pumping the clutch pedal while trying to shift and it seemed like it would work, but not consistently).
The pedal is soft and doesn't return well (but will return). Fluid has never been changed.
I just checked the slave and it moves, but not very much (1/2", maybe). Is that all it should move?
When pumping the clutch, I don't see the fluid moving in the reservoir (don't with the brakes either, though). It's been sitting for about a year.
There appears to be a small tranny leak (fluid present on the bottom of the tranny). Didn't see any leaks at the slave, though (but really only popped the boot off).
I guess my starting question is how much should the slave move when depressing the clutch pedal?
If this sounds more like a 'must change the clutch' issue, are there any good step by step threads or videos out there? I'd found one somewhere a year or so ago, but apparently didn't bookmark it.
I've never pulled a FWD tranny, but would like to learn in this one to say to myself that I can do it.
TIA
I'm finally getting around to working on this and have questions. I'm a muscle car guy and haven't done much with FWD cars.
My wife drove the integra for about a year. She was new to manual trannies, so I have no doubt she did some damage to the clutch. Before I dig into replacing the clutch, thought I'd check the other possibilities. I'll need to replace the clutch at some point even if I find an issue somewhere else, but time is a factor right now.
When I got the car back, I had difficulty shifting out of 1st into anything else. It eventually progressed to the point that I can't even get it in first now. When it was working, I could quick shift it and get it through all 5 forward gears (3-5 were the toughest initially) Now, reverse seems to work to some extent, but no forward gears. It's been a while since I did anything with it, but it seems like I'd get a grinding when I was trying to shift, then it'd drop into gear (meanwhile, I was pumping the clutch pedal while trying to shift and it seemed like it would work, but not consistently).
The pedal is soft and doesn't return well (but will return). Fluid has never been changed.
I just checked the slave and it moves, but not very much (1/2", maybe). Is that all it should move?
When pumping the clutch, I don't see the fluid moving in the reservoir (don't with the brakes either, though). It's been sitting for about a year.
There appears to be a small tranny leak (fluid present on the bottom of the tranny). Didn't see any leaks at the slave, though (but really only popped the boot off).
I guess my starting question is how much should the slave move when depressing the clutch pedal?
If this sounds more like a 'must change the clutch' issue, are there any good step by step threads or videos out there? I'd found one somewhere a year or so ago, but apparently didn't bookmark it.
I've never pulled a FWD tranny, but would like to learn in this one to say to myself that I can do it.
TIA