Help Car Wont go into gear!!!!!

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12-08-05, 12:55 AM

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grinn253

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Thanks for the update.

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12-08-05, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by KaoticFdR1

UPDATE for an old thread.....the clutch was fused to the Pressure Plate and wouldn't dissengage until it kinda throttle hopped and broke it loose and the pads from the 6 puck stuck to the PP and gave it some weird vibrations during engagement. Just posting this for people Using the search function on a similar problem.

I was just reading this post for the first time, not realizing it was an old post. I was going to suggest exactly what you found. Metallic racing clutches often die in this manner (or the friction material actually melts away to the point where it won't engage at all) due to the heat generated from excessive slipping. The problem is made worse by the fact that you get almost no warning - there is no smoke like you get with organic clutch materials which burn instead of melt.

On my Formula Continental, with metallic friction material, I have to be EXTREMELY careful about excessive slipping for this reason.

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12-08-05, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KaoticFdR1

One of my pops's mechanic friends says it might be the Pilot bearing.....but the clutch finally disengaged but when i let the pedal back out it grinds like something fierce. And the car lunges really bed and then its as if the clutch just Fell back into engagment

Had the same thing - pilot bearing.