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Originally Posted by petecooke
I have to push the clutch in all the way to the floor before I can switch gears without grinding the gears.
I've replaced the master(leaking) and slave clutch cylinder and bled the clutch using the front right brake caliper.
I'm not sure if the clutch has been replaced (350k miles so far).
Does this sound like the clutch is about to fail or just air in the clutch?
I've seen posts about using an oil can to push brake fluid in the slave cylinder so I may try that. Any recommendation on an oil can that works well if you tihnk it's an air problem?
Thanks,
pete
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With 350K on the car, and not knowing how long ago the clutch components have been replaced makes it a hard call. If it has been a long time, there is the possibility that either the clutch plate of pressure plate have deteriorated to the point of not freely releasing which would make shifting difficult. The other possibility might be the input shaft of the transmission. If there was work done in the past, and the input shaft of the transmission was not properly centered into the flywheel, there is the possibility that even when the clutch is depressed, the input shaft continues to turn making shifting difficult.