clutch went and now its back?

[kcvpr]

Well a few minutes ago, I was screwing around with a civic in my s13 hatch with an s13 sr stage two clutch with tomei lightened Fly Wheel and im pretty sure my TOB has been going bad for a while.... And after im all done and coming to a stop at a light, there was alot of grinding noises in the tranny (like a tooth from a gear bouncing around in the tranny), and my clutch pedal went all the way to the floor and wouldnt come back up with out pulling on it with my foot. accompanied by no power when in gear.

Naturally I was like FML, so I turned off the car and look at everything, fluid level in the clutch master was good ( but it was dark grey and bubbly, not hot though), no fluid leaks, no big holes in tranny (LOL). So short of taking everything apart, everything looks ok'ish. So I get back in my car and start pumping the clutch like crazy hoping for a miracle... and after a while I hear another slightly less awful rattle ( the engine is still off) and the pedal comes back to life!?!? then I procede to drive home like nothing happened.

Any ideas? or am I crazy/ retarded? Is this what hapens when the shifter fork ball thing breaks? or maybe I shot a ball bearing out of my TOB and it lodged in my clutch?

[godrifttoday]

Answer to your tittle.... "where you go?"


Upgrade your fluid, u over heated the fluid, causing u to lose your clutch.

[project925]

I woulda started crying at that moment

[oni jake]

Answer to your tittle.... "where you go?"


Upgrade your fluid, u over heated the fluid, causing u to lose your clutch.

That explains grinding noise how?

To the OP, what is a STAGE 2 clutch? Who makes that? What's the design? I've had problems with a clutch disc fracturing and throwing chips between the pressure plate. In the 3-4 runs while it was in the process of shredding itself apart, one pump would feel completely normal and the clutch would engage, then the next pump would fall to the floor with little resistance.

Just to be sure your problem isn't like my previous problems, climb under the car and unbolt the flywheel inspection plate located on the back side of the upper oil pan. It wouldn't hurt to take your clutch fork boot off to get a good look at the TOB as well. If you don't see anything other than black dust in there, than you can suspect something else.

[2.5T_/<ouki]

maybe I shot a ball bearing out of my TOB and it lodged in my clutch?

Whaaaat?!?!?!
Let me know what happens. My dad was experiencing the same problem.

[project925]

leaky lines. check your clutch dampener