Recent content by ewhite

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I wanted to provide some follow-up on this, if anyone is interested. the mechanic had checked out the hydraulics and linkage first, and it was all fine, so we decided to just go for the clutch. Turns out what he found were some broken springs in there...

I should mention also, my mechanic mentioned that he suspects the "pilot bearing". It's been a long time since I've worked on a car at this level, and I'll admit my ignorance - I don't even remember what a pilot bearing is/does. Does that like a reasonable root cause?

Thanks Steve, you've summed up my thoughts as well - if it rolls well sometimes, then it can't be the entire clutch, right? More likely something just isn't makin' the damn thing move, and since it is hydraulic that's what had me thinking about the Master Cylinder (didn't know about the slave...

Thanks for the reply Brad. The fluid in the clutch cylinder is full, and pumping does no good (sorry, I should have mentioned this in my original post). I don't see any slave cylinder however...

Hi Folks, New to the forum, despite having this vehicle since it was new :). Having a bit of a problem that I'd love some second opinions on: The clutch has been going along functioning fine for ages. All of the sudden about a week ago, as I was driving along, going from 4th to 5th, it simply...