My clutch doesnt seem to engage/disengage. Shifts when off, wont shift when running.
I am pretty comfortable in garage but this one has me stumped....

I replaced clutch (pressureplate/disc/flywheel/seal/bearing/slave/clutch mastercylinder) all oem doorman/perfection etc following service manual.

I bench bled master cylinder before install.
I have tried multiple bleeding techniques.

any advice where to start next>?

 

Did this begin AFTER you replaced the clutch? Any chance you installed the clutch disk flipped backwards?

Watch the clutch throw-out lever. It should move about 12 mm when someone pumps the clutch pedal.

 

thanx for reply
This is a new install and hasnt been driven yet (so after)
I installed disc marked flywheel side to flyweel.
I recorded the movement of the arm and looks good, the company said it only takes like .028 to disengage (perfection, pretty cool dudes) I called around and everybody is baffled.
My next step is to open er up and install my old disc to troubleshoot...kinda a PITA with hand tools but a learning experience.

 

That .028 is probably the movement of the actual pressure plate. After all the levers & stuff, the movement of 12mm is all the way on the outboard end of the throw-out lever. Or you could say it's the movement of the slave-cylinder's piston-rod.

Before you take it all back out, check the slave-cylinder piston rod. There's a spring inside the slave, pushing the piston outwards against the throw-out lever. You should be able to push on the throw-out lever & compress the slave piston back into the slave cylinder pretty far (probably less than 1 inch). Can you do that?

What I'm beginning to suspect, is the inside end of the throw-out lever isn't properly engaged onto the throw-out bearing.
Is the throw-out lever (#6) properly engaged on the pivot-ball (#7)?
Pull off the rubber bellows (#9) & can you get a look inside to see the throw-out bearing (#5)?

 

thanks for the help.. I wound up putting G-D plate in backwards and swore up and down that it was in the right way. aw well lesson learned

 

Oh well, like you say lesson-learned.

Anyway, THANK YOU for coming back with the final story. That can help someone who might find this thread when they search about their problems.