Most likely your linkage is out of adjustment.
The linkage on the clutch slave cylinder and master cylinder must be adjusted.
2 things:
1. The clutch should begin to engage before it gets halfway through the pedal stroke (on the way up), but all cars are different. The linkage on the slave cylinder must allow the clutch to fully engage. With the clutch disengaged, there should be at the very least some free play in the rod that attaches the slave cylinder to the clutch linkage (1/8" or so). If there is no free play, and the pedal feels tight from the moment you put your foot on it, then you have no slack in the system. The pedal should move 1/2" to 1" (or more) before anything happens! Have someone else work the pedal, while you watch the linkage. You should be able to see if there is no free play.
2. If you replaced the master cylinder, then you must have used a CV master. I noticed that when I fitted a new CV (brake master, but still very similar), and adjusted it to my original shaft length (based on the master cylinder that I had just removed) it worked too well. Let me explain. The master cylinder did not have enough free play in it to allow the cylinder inside of it to come past the pressure release hole. Therefore, every time I pumped my brakes, the pressure was never being released! My pedal was rock hard, and my brakes locked up the first time around the block. That took some head scratching to figure out!
So, you must ensure that the master cylinder is allowing the pressure to release (i.e. the pedal should not get harder and harder without stopping), & you must make sure that the slave cylinder is allowing the clutch linkage to fully engage.
Last edited by jp-; 02-08-2007 at 10:49 AM.
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