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**hockeyman** · 04-07-2006, 09:07 AM

Re: clutch

Replace the Master Cylinder and the Slave Cylinder while you have it all apart.

**99camaro-3.8** · 04-08-2006, 10:25 AM

Re: clutch

i cant get the tranny out. all the bolts are undone and it slid out half an inch but it wont come out any farther. ive been pulling and wiggling in every direction and it wont move at all! need this thing out today im leaving for vacation tomorrow and planning on taking this car. please someone help with some info.

**hockeyman** · 04-08-2006, 10:55 AM

Re: clutch

You'll need to remove the bellhousing bolts, slide the trans out about 6", then remove the slave cylinder right inside the housing in order to take the trans out completely. **If the slave is still intact, the trans won't come out.**

**shenanigans** · 04-09-2006, 01:33 AM

Re: clutch

You can pull the tranny with teh bellhousing fully intake.

1st, I assume you got the top bolts...

2nd... get prybars on te tranny and pry it loose. as you pry it lower it on the jack little by little as you pry it loose. There is a tight clearance between the top of the bellhousing and the frame of the body, you need to lower as you pull but no lower too much because you start to bind on the input shaft.

**99camaro-3.8** · 04-10-2006, 01:10 AM

Re: clutch

thanks guys i was able to get it off. those top two bolts were an absolute pain. ran out of time before vacation so when i get home on friday ill get right back to work and finish it all up. thanks for the help guys

**kristen** · 04-10-2006, 05:49 AM

Re: clutch

if you head a grinding noise i would replace the flywheel too. i just did my clutch, and since i had the car apart i did my slave, master,rear main seal, and flywheel.

now i know that i'm good for a while under there

**99camaro-3.8** · 04-10-2006, 12:01 PM

Re: clutch

i was planning on it but when i took everything apart you could tell the grinding happened on the pressure plate. the flywheel was fine. i took it to get resurfaced to get some high spots removed but it was in really decent condition.

**99camaro-3.8** · 04-17-2006, 08:16 PM

Re: clutch

ok so back from vacation and put everything together. its all bolted up good to go. i get my friends vacuum bleeder to bleed the clutch line and after steady stream of fluid was coming out i checked the pedal....nothing. theres good pressure for a couple inches and then it just falls to the floor and sticks. give it just a little pull and it flings back into position like theres nothing wrong? what is going on here? is my master cylinder shot? the line is completely bled and the pedal [ressure it good for a little bit and then it just falls to the ground. please someone help i dont wanna have it towed to a shop.

**99camaro-3.8** · 04-18-2006, 08:49 AM

Re: clutch

anyone?

**Anthrax** · 04-19-2006, 02:34 AM

Re: clutch

My borther's B2000 pick-up did about the same thinh as yours. You would hold the clutch for about 10 seconds and it would engage by itself. We changed the clutch and slave at the same time but nothing worked. Then we changes the master and all was good. So you might want to start with that. It's just my opinion on a different car but that might be the problem.

**black98V6** · 04-19-2006, 10:44 AM

Re: clutch

could be one of 2 things, still needs to be bled more, or your slave is dead. when my slave went it was all at once, swapped it out and it took almost an hour of pumping and bleeding to get all the air out. I had my girlfriend on the top of the car and me underneath.

you have to pump it about 20 times, hold, bleed, tighen the bolt, raise the petal with your hands, then repeat the process, do this about 20 or so times and you might have all of the air out, yeah it's a pain.

**1998silverbird** · 04-19-2006, 11:17 PM

Re: clutch

Originally posted by 99camaro-3.8

ok so back from vacation and put everything together. its all bolted up good to go. i get my friends vacuum bleeder to bleed the clutch line and after steady stream of fluid was coming out i checked the pedal....nothing. theres good pressure for a couple inches and then it just falls to the floor and sticks. give it just a little pull and it flings back into position like theres nothing wrong? what is going on here? is my master cylinder shot? the line is completely bled and the pedal [ressure it good for a little bit and then it just falls to the ground. please someone help i dont wanna have it towed to a shop.

I gravity bled my clutch but my dumb A$$ let all the fluid bleed out.. Your suppose to flush the old fluid out but keep adding fluid.. you dont want to run it dry.. Its bad for the seals.. I did.. I swear I had to pump my clutch pedal 300-400 times before it felt normal.. maybe thats all you have to do??

**98 3.8** · 05-15-2006, 02:16 PM

Re: clutch

Originally posted by 1998silverbird

I gravity bled my clutch but my dumb A$$ let all the fluid bleed out.. Your suppose to flush the old fluid out but keep adding fluid.. you dont want to run it dry.. Its bad for the seals.. I did.. I swear I had to pump my clutch pedal 300-400 times before it felt normal.. maybe thats all you have to do??

Our clutch hydraulic design is a self-bleeding one. If you pump up your clutch enough, all the air bubbles will work their way out of the system.

**99camaro-3.8** · 05-15-2006, 09:34 PM

Re: clutch

i ended up buying a mity-vac just in case and pumped the hell out of it for 35 minutes and full pedal pressure came back. halfway through clutch break in. cant wait to get back to the track with this clutch. its so much nicer

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