any thoughts locked clutch
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Intermediate
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From: burlington nj
any thoughts locked clutch
i was driving home at 55 mph & shifted into 6th & it poped out would not go back in . down shifted into 5th then stoped at the light & gear selector felt tight like it was binding when i put in nuteral it stalled clutch still engaged but pedal felt fine it will start up but will not switch gears & when running clutch is burning (engaged) well had it flat bedded to dealer wont know till tuesday any body have ant thoughts? on what happened also 30 days ago i had all trans & rear seals replaced 9 of them under GMPP warranty do you guys think this has anything to do with it? 1998 6 spd coupe thanks 
Instructor
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From: Utah
I'm just wondering why youwere using 6th gear at 55 mph. Have you changed the rear end gears from stock? I have the 3.42 gears and I hardly ever use 6th gear. At least not while traveling within the speed limit. It makes my engine shudder to load it up while idling.
Instructor
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From: Utah
It dosen't make sense for the clutch to be burning if the trans is in neutral. From my experience on other cars I've seen manual transmissions get hung up by having 2 gears engaged at the same time. Like on an old 3 speed tranny that the shifter had failed and left the unit in reverse and 2nd gear together. And another time I had a clutch that felt like it was functional as far as the pedal pressure but the clutch woudn't release. It turned out to be one of the coil springs from the center hub of the clutch disc had come loose and was jammed into the release mechanisim on the pressure plate. Even when the pedal was pressed the coil spring wouldn't allow the presure plate to back away from the disc. What ever your problem is it sounds like it is going to be bad news. Best of Luck. And let us know what the dealer finds.
Le Mans Master
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From: Houston TX
St. Jude Donor '11
My guess is that the disk failed. I have had a couple disk fail (not on the vette) where the disk holds the springs and one of the springs got caught in between the flywheel and pressure plate. Pedal felt fine but could not shift into any gear.
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Joined: Jun 2002
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From: burlington nj
well it has been 9 days since it went to the dealer the first dealer took two days to tell me thay would not work on it beacause a diff dealer did trans & rear seals on it 5 weeks before & thay had the tranny out.so it was towed back to oringal dealer & thay still do not know the cause of failure yet thay said it is stuck in 6th (i knew that ) well mabey tomrrow i will find out more 
