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    Question flex in pedal bracket = broken bracket?

    So my clutch will not disengage when I press the pedal down. I have replaced the master and slave cylinders, bled it every which way I can, and it feels stiff enough..
    however, when I look at the bracket while pressing the pedal down with my hand, I notice a bit of flex in the pedal bracket, not much, but maybe a couple mm... So I am wondering if its the dreaded cracked pedal bracket. Thing is, I dont see any cracks where people have described it to be.... thoughts?

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    clutch wont disengage despite changing master/slave cylinder..

    After changing master and slave cylinders, and bleeding and bleeding and bleeding the slave, I think that its where it should be in terms of firmness. still not disengaging the clutch. The pedal bracket seems to have a LITTLE flex in it, but not much... like MAYBE a millimeter or two... Not sure if thats enough to be a problem... or if I should now be looking elsewhere for the problem like the pivot pin, throwout bearing, or shift fork. Any way to rule those out WITHOUT dropping the tranny?

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    Looks like you need to drop.


    Andy

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