Is there anyway to adjust the clutch tension? i have about 130k on my 97 SE and the clutch is very hard to push down.

 

The pressure plate is what provides the pressure of the clutch. You may have a clutch on it's way out - or you may have a slave cylinder thats going bad. Usually a pressure plate as it wares down gets lose. The springs don't hold as tight over time. The release bearing may be binding on the input shaft also. All in all, your clutch needs to be looked at.

 

Okay I have a question about this. What is the difference between the clutch that was on my old 87 sentra and the one that is on my 97 se? The maxima has a hydraulic one? I ask because a few years ago the tension on the clutch of my sentra was like it is on my max now and my mechanic noticed it and fixed it, or at least the tension was not nearly what it was. Did this guy know what he was talking about? Could he have fixed it? Or did he just put a band-aid on another problem that just happened not to show up ever again while I had the car. Is the difference in the mechanism for the sentra's clutch and the max's clutch such that you do not need to (or cannot) adjust the tension on the max's clutch?

 

Man is anyone going to answer my question? :attention

 

 

I had the same problem a few days ago. The clutch was very stiff, and soon after, the gear lever was very hard to push into any gear. Then it started grinding into every gear. If you couldn't assume this already, my car is in for a new clutch and tranny inspection right now.

 

Did it get like that all of a sudden, or was it more gradual. Mine got stiffer gradually. I've had the car for 2 years and a month and it used to be so easy to press the clutch down. When I first got it I kept peeling off on starts. I'm thinking that the clutch would engage to the flywheel (or whatever doohickey is in there) sooner after I let off the pedal that it does now. I'm thinking that's why I peeled off the first week. Just getting used to driving the sucker. (I think that could have helped wear out those Michelin XGT4's it came with a little faster, too.) I wish it was like it used to be if only for the sake of making it easier to drive, but I suspect there is a bigger issue here that ease of driving. Nissan has said I need a new pressure plate and will need a new clutch soon. I really don't know how much I trust any dealers. I got a tune-up after about 75k miles and the car doesn't run any different. I really don't know if I even needed them 13-bucks-each platinum sparks. If any think I think I feel a slight oscillation of engine speed of about 50 rpm. I can see the tach moving just a hair up and down. I didn't notice it before. Maybe it was there already. If only we could be our own doctors and mechanics and computer techs and building contractors etc. Well, some can be some of them...or I guess some people all of them too. I can be none.

 

same exact problem here


i don't even know where to look anymore
clutch grabs very well

shifter is hard to move, clutch pedal is damn stiff.

I am suspecting one of the components before the clutch disc. perhaps the slave cylinder..


here is a random theory:
perhaps as you depress your pedal to the floor, the cylinder or one of the parts of the clutch assembly only move half way..
if you ever try shifting your car with the clutch depress half way, shifter will probably be hard as heck to move into gear.. so while i am depressing the pedal to the floor, it may not necessarily be going down all the way.. so there is resistance somewhere in the clutch assembly causing my pedal to be this stiff and because it does not really depress completely, i am wrestling my shifter.. probably messing up my syncros


anyone have any idea on how i can check the slave cylinder and whether it is bad or not?

 

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