Clutch Dragging '85 4KQ

[Ed Kellock]

I had somewhat similar experience a few months ago on my urq.  It was
ok when it was cold, but almost impossible to shift when warm.  I got
caught in traffic on a very warm day and I had to shut it off to get
it into 1st.  The clutch would still disengage enough to start the car
then.  I replaced the slave first, but ended up doing the master a
couple of days later.   Very similar story on my V8 5spd.  Best to be
prepared to do both at the same time.  Might not be absolutely
necessary, but it would mean one day's wrenching instead of two.

Good luck,
Ed

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:22:09 -0400, mwoodland at valicor.com
<mwoodland at valicor.com> wrote:
> Symptoms: Clutch drags, hard to get into gear or shift, works a lot better
> if you slip it and get the clutch 'warmed up.'
> /snip/
> Where do I start?  Master, Slave or (ugh) clutch
> 
> Jim
> I've experienced this symptom once, on another make, but, a clutch is a
> clutch...
> In my case, one of the pressure plate springs broke, allowing the plate to
> slightly contact the driven disk on one side.. not enough to move the car,
> but enough to make it very difficult (read impossible) to put into gear,
> etc.. the symptoms you mentioned above. The car had several hundred thou on
> it at the time, so it was due for replacement. How many miles on yours?
> Not the news you wanted to hear, I'm sure. Hopefully, it's something else..
> Good luck,
> Mark
> 
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