The stickey clutch

[ATVrider89]

This week my Camaro seemed to start with its latest and greatest problem. On my way to work and my clutch seemed to be releasing slowly. So at first I just played it off, but after after work it seemed to be doing the same thing. It just seems to take a second to fully enguage in between shifts. From what I observed so far, it is only doing it during moderate to hard accelaration (when I am driving nice it releases just fine) and it does not happen everytime but it does happen enough to concern me. I am thinking it's time for a new clutch? Any ideas/suggestions? If it is the clutch I will probably try and replace it my self so if you have any good tips/tricks/procedures, feel free to share. Thank you for taking the time to read and advise.

2000 Chevrolet Camaro 3.8, 5 speed manual

[ChrisBroCore]

Re: The stickey clutch

hmm may be a slave cylinder..

and i literally just finished my clutch...its gonna take you some time..its do-able...

just make sure you have friends with you to help if you do change it..:):rock:


but if its the slave cylinder..you would have to take off your tranny anyway..so you could do the clutch then

[cam98aro]

Re: The stickey clutch

is your clutch slipping while this is happening?

the slave cylinders are designed to engage the clutch slower than your foot does

[ATVrider89]

Re: The stickey clutch

It is not slipping, just releasing slow (watching the tach and listening) it takes a second or so for the rpms to drop, the response is not immediate as it usually was. The car does have some chatter to it also, sounds like a rattling noise at midrange rpms, I always thought it was just a heat shield. But I saw in another post it could be clutch noise, like the throughout bearing?

[cam98aro]

Re: The stickey clutch

It is not slipping, just releasing slow (watching the tach and listening) it takes a second or so for the rpms to drop, the response is not immediate as it usually was. The car does have some chatter to it also, sounds like a rattling noise at midrange rpms, I always thought it was just a heat shield. But I saw in another post it could be clutch noise, like the throughout bearing?

clutch chatter is when your whole car shakes, i dont think this is happening