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You have an indy mechanic, or do you use the dealer for a new clutch??
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The last few days my clutch on my '01 C2 has an odd feel to it, like it lost it's "smoothness"... meaning, when i press or release it, it sort of feels bumpy if that makes sense. I know this is a terrible description, but I'm not sure how else to characterize it... maybe uneven? It's not vibrating or chattering, so if I stop pressing halfway down it stops, but once I continue, I get that rough feel again. The engagement point seems to be more or less the same.
The slower i press or release, the more pronounced it is. I can't hear any noise associated with it, and it's not slipping... am I having or am I about to have a problem?
Thanks.
Oh yeah, about 42k miles on the original clutch.
The exact problem just started this past weekend on my '99 C2 with 48k on the original clutch. When I release the clutch I also feel a bump or rough spot in my accelerator pedal as well as movement in the clutch pedal. I think it's time to replace it but a clutch in SoCal is about $2,500 (crazy).
Check the thread "Improved Clutch action dramatically" in search (not the new one I just created yesterday). It has all the info on the spring unit, which is attached to the pedal. You have to simply remove the air vent tube, crawl up under there and check out the clutch pedal. If the spring unit looks funky, that might be your problem.
Also, before you do that, does your clutch pedal work smoothly when the car is turned off? If it does, then the spring is probably not your problem. If the pedal feels strange even with the car off, I bet it's the springs fault.
Today it got worse... very low engagement, felt like it was about to blow. And sure enough, needs a clutch. That was fast, in a matter of days it went south...
