General Question (mAC) Pressure Plate Failure

[Larry C Leung]

Kent,

I guess it's hydraulic. The only other response seems 
related to TO bearing (mine suffered the same fate only about
40K miles ago) and it's definitely NOT a worn clutch disk, 
as the pedal is actually quite light (although hard for me to judge,
 my S-car DOES have a worn clutch disk, so it's heavy. Doing 
other things to take care of that, hopefully not on my dime). 
Pedal and spring are fine, so when it sticks to the floor (has done it
on occasion ALL BY ITSELF, i.e. open the door, 
find pedal on the floor, pull up with toe) I am not
sure what to believe. A tech that drove the car was the one whom
suggested that it's the pressure plate and that this was common to
T44's, but so far it doesn't seem that anyone on this list has suffered
a similar fate. With the concentration of T44 listers here, I thought
that
there would be someone whom had experienced this. 

Thanks for your input anyway. 

LL - NY

'95.5 S6 only waiting to do a HSRB, otherwise all else there (stopped
halfway down the slope)
'89 200Q - now the daily driver


On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:57:52 -0400 "Kent McLean"
<kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:
> LL wrote:
> > Has anyone heard of having the clutch pedal stick to
> > the floor being a sign of such a failure, i.e. the 
> > fingers are worn enough to not be able to return the 
> > pressure plate to the drive position (i.e. clutch 
> > perpetually disengaged)? Or are symptoms like these
> > more likely associated with hydraulic issues?
> 
> I had the clutch pedal on my '89 200 TQ stick to the
> floor.  It turned out to be a broken tab on the pedal
> that pushes on the master cylinder. Without the tab, 
> the pedal just sprung to the floor and stayed there.   
> I could pull it up by hand or with a toe.
> 
> Judging by what I read on the list, it is more likely
> a hydraulic issue, probably the master cylinder or
> slave cylinder, or both.
> 
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
> 
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