Clutch pedal sticking
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From: Charlotte NC
Clutch pedal sticking
Once again I am having another problem with my 2002 corvette, 90,000 miles. Today I was pulling away from a stop light and felt my clutch pedal stick about halfway to the floor, and then decided to suck back to the floor. I tried to push it again and it was dead on the floor, so I reached my foot under the pedal and pulled it back up, did it at all the way to the airport at all the stop lights in 1st, I have had issues before at the drag strip with it sticking halfway after a run when I was turning off the track but never went to the floor, I have cleaned, refilled, and pumped the resorvoir for the slave cylinder before about 10 times in attempt to stop this but didn't seem to help, any insight on what the problem is or where to start looking? Oh and clutch doesn't seem to slip to any highly noticeable extent.
Melting Slicks
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From: Katy Tx
I had the same symptoms .. drove it a few days and had to pull the pedal up with my foot a few times -- but it finally went half way down and did not disengage the clutch -- had to tow it and have clutch slave replaced (that was at 50k miles) ... not an uncommon problem although I know its not the news you hope for ($$).
Le Mans Master
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Le Mans Master
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From: Arizona
sounds like you are boiling the fluid in the slave. Change your clutch fluid in the reservoir may help. Use a turkey baster to suck all the fluid and replace... pump the clutch .. then repeat procedure... till the fluid is clean
Racer
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From: Topeka KS
If you've bled it well and that's not the issue plus you have clean fluid then I would say it's the stock hydraulics. Mine was doing that after I swapped out the clutch fluid and went heads/cam until I put in a new master cylinder. If you're going through the work you might as well put in an adjustable master that moves more fluid than the stocker. Tick sells one for $350. Also a new slave can be had for about $100. Since you have to drop the rear/trans/torque tube to get to the slave you might as well put a new clutch/flywheel in there while you're at it if you can afford to do so.
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From: Charlotte NC
ordered a Ram clutch, its a stage 2 (got a great deal on it), if it breaks they'll buy it back, and getting another slave cylinder, im on a 1500 dollar budget and goin to have to wait on an aftermarket master cylinder. should be rolling again by friday, thanks for everyones help, will let everyone know how it works out
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From: Charlotte NC
ended up going to East Coast performance in greenville, SC and got a ls7 clutch, ls7 flywheel, z06 slave cylinder, and a remote bleeder so i can bleed the system when need be. I'm glad i didnt go to a stage 2 clutch, i am very impressed with the ls7 clutch so far. East Coast performance got me in and out quick and did a great job. Especially for the incredible price