Clutch Problems
- cb mx3
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Clutch Problems
Driving last night suddenly my clutch drops to the floor as im shifting to first at a stop sign. Go to pull away and it stalls. Then I can't put the car in gear so I push the clutch really hard and it's in neutral and I put it in first but the clutch won't come out, it's stuck engaged. I've been told about problems with cables, and also that I may need fluid? or air in the system.
First what type of clutch do we have...cable or hydraulic
second do any of the problems above sound right
or third..is my clutch gone
First what type of clutch do we have...cable or hydraulic
second do any of the problems above sound right
or third..is my clutch gone
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If it were the clutch master cyl. you would see a puddle of brake fluid on the floor in side the car. If the seal of the slave went you would have notices a change in pedal pressure over several shifts before it got to the point you disscribed. The most common problem is with the lines for the fluid under the battery. The flexible hose tends to fail at the fitting and rubber hose or in parts of Canada were road salt is used heavily in the winter the steel line between the flex hose and slave cyl on the tranny will rust through. The best way to stop this problem is to look at the brake fluid reservoir If the level is really low chance are this is the problem. It you top up the fluid and pump the pedel you should see fluid on the ground. If it is none of the above does the tranny go into gear when the engine is not running? A bit unusual but not uncommon is for the throw out fork or the pivot ball for the fork to break. If this is the case the only choice is to drop the tranny and replace the parts. Unless things have changed these parts are not stocked by Mazda and would have to come from Japan which could mean up to 5 business days to get the part.
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Agreed.Yoda wrote:If it were the clutch master cyl. you would see a puddle of brake fluid on the floor in side the car. If the seal of the slave went you would have notices a change in pedal pressure over several shifts before it got to the point you disscribed. The most common problem is with the lines for the fluid under the battery. The flexible hose tends to fail at the fitting and rubber hose or in parts of Canada were road salt is used heavily in the winter the steel line between the flex hose and slave cyl on the tranny will rust through. The best way to stop this problem is to look at the brake fluid reservoir If the level is really low chance are this is the problem. It you top up the fluid and pump the pedel you should see fluid on the ground. If it is none of the above does the tranny go into gear when the engine is not running? A bit unusual but not uncommon is for the throw out fork or the pivot ball for the fork to break. If this is the case the only choice is to drop the tranny and replace the parts. Unless things have changed these parts are not stocked by Mazda and would have to come from Japan which could mean up to 5 business days to get the part.
Something else, when I had a s-10 the slave cylinder seized up and blew a seal meaning it no longer drove the pitch fork but I never seen any fluid because it was leaking into the inspection plate area which had a gasket =(
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well this coul dbe unrelated but the same thing happened to me in my 96 626 last summer. I went to the bank and parked my car and when i came out and started it the clutch felt really funny like it was super loose. Anyways i could'nt get the car in any gear but i could start the car. And it turned out to be just a clutch hose that was worn out and all my fluid had slowly leaked out. It cost like 30 bucks if i remember correctly from the dealer. I would just take a look at this for wear could be a simple problem rather than start a costly repair.