okay so went out to start my car and the clutch falls right to the floor and won't come back up on it's on...it's like dead weight...and I just had my clutch replaced with a racing clutch 2 weeks ago...any theories as to what's happening here?
I need a response asap guys. :-)

 

Does the clutch still engage? Sounds like either master or slave cylinder

 

You have a leak in your clutch system. Find it, fix it, fill it, bleed it.

(Or your pedal could be broken )

 

nope clutch doesn't engage at all...i was thinking it was some leak...well i guess i'll find out down at the shop today which it is.....thanks guys

 

I think you mean "clutch doesn't disengage".

engaged = disk->flywheel = Pedal ^
disengaged = disk<-flywheel = Pedal v

 

Check your clutch master cylinder fluid level, if low, top up..Could be a leak in cylinder, You may need a new one.

 

sorry about that...thanks

 

Question for you guys... When you release the clutch pedal, what causes it to return to the top?

Is there an internal spring in the master or slave cylinder, or is it the slave cylinder pushed back in by the release fork under spring pressure from the fingers on the pressure plate?

I would check your fluid level, but also check that the slave cylinder is still bolted to the tranny bellhousing and engaged into the release fork correctly...

And if you can move the release fork by hand then soemthing us wrong

 

IIRC, it's a combination of the fingers of the pressure plate and the spring of the release-fork...we have a spring there, right? (It's been a while)

 

No spring on the release fork (unless you count the little wire doohickey that keeps the throwout bearing in place).

 

I certainly wouldn't count that...

If it really is the fingers of the pressure plate, wouldn't the TO bearing maintain (even light) contact with the fingers? If so, the TO bearing will spin continuously...wouldn't this wear down the TO bearing?

 

The pressure plate fingers push the throwout bearing down the tranny input shaft, which pushes on the release fork, which pushes on the slave cylinder piston etc... With nothing pushing back with any amount of force the throwout bearing is not being held against the fingers, and it seems that it would be able to stand just clear of contact. Even if there is contact there is little to no wear. It's a bearing - it's not metal-to-metal contact.

Just like disk brakes - there is nothing pushing the pads apart when you let go of the brake - the pads just seperate because the disk pushes them away. Any residual contact as you are diriving down the road is too light to cause any problems.