Soft clutch pedal

[ArnZ]

Hey fellas,

Sooooo long story short, my rebuilt auto died a month ago and i ended up finding a whole 535is manual parts car for sale which had everything for a manual conversion. So i went ahead and transferred everything over to my e34, at the same time i did the single mass flywheel conversion with a 635csi LuK clutch kit and everything bolted up fine. Bleed the clutch with no problems. Slave cylinder was rebuilt because i ripped the boot so i had my local shop replace the boot and rubber on the piston.

Just one problem though is that the pedal feel is soooo soft that it feels like the clutch lines is just full of air (which isnt because the car can shift gears and car can move from a stand still) i even had the car up in the air and put it in 1st with the clutch pedal all the way in and the rear wheels don't move.

Even worse was last night driving spiritedly i went to change gears quickly and the pedal got stuck at the floor until the revs dropped then it finally came back out. Im really stumped on this one fellas, anyone have some ideas?

thanks in advance

[DrJomamachubby]

Are you losing fluid?

[BoldUlysses]

Maybe your master is going bad. It's usually a good idea to replace/rebuild both the master and slave at the same time.

Any puddles in the floorboard area?

-Matt

[ArnZ]

Are you losing fluid? No, none so far.


Maybe your master is going bad. It's usually a good idea to replace/rebuild both the master and slave at the same time.

Any puddles in the floorboard area?

-Matt

No puddles, no obvious leaks.

It could be the rubber hose from the end of the clutch lines to the slave. When they get old they can sort of act as a one way valve. Though visually from outside it looks fine.

By the way, does anyone know how to adjust the spring to factory specs, you the one behind the clutch pedal?

[ArnZ]

UPDATE: well seems like my soft/slow clutch pedal problem has been fixed. I took out the over center spring behind the pedal and now the clutch feels more heavy and most importantly comes back out instantly. Im very happy with the results now. Hope this helps someone with the same problem.

[Meeve]

UPDATE: well seems like my soft/slow clutch pedal problem has been fixed. I took out the over center spring behind the pedal and now the clutch feels more heavy and most importantly comes back out instantly. Im very happy with the results now. Hope this helps someone with the same problem.

took out the over center spring behind the pedal??

[ArnZ]

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