Clutch didn't return to engaged position
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,578
Likes: 36
From: RI
St. Jude Donor '14-'15, '17, '19
Clutch didn't return to engaged position
Wife and I took a ride to the Cape today. Hot day, one & 1/2 hours of highway driving with the top down and AC on. The last 10 miles were stop and go almost gridlock. Stopped for lunch and after 2 hours returned to car to restart and my foot couldn't find the clutch petal. Dah. ,The clutch petal was all the way to the floor. knelt down and manually lifted it up and things were fine all the way home. any ideas, 2000 M6 vert with 35 K on it. Any idea what happened. I know it's time to change the fluids, could this attribute to it. Thanks a lot. Mike
Pro
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 684
Likes: 275
From: Cincinnati Ohio
There are quite a few threads on clutch pedal that does not return. Most of them seem to be the clutch slave cylinder and/or clutch master cylinder. Flushing the clutch fluid if you have a remote bleeder or using the Ranger method if you do not is usually suggested and checking that the return spring is in place as well.
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,405
Likes: 24,797
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Moved to C5 Tech.
