Frozen clutch
07-13-2009, 09:50 AM
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Frozen clutch
So this past w/e I cleaned her up after letting her sit for the past few months and it started right up. I went to put it into gear and it would not go. I bleed out the clutch and still nothing. It seems as though the clutch it frozen and will not release. I tried to start it in gear and it would crawl on the starter just trying to get it to free up. NE1 with some advice????
07-13-2009, 10:32 AM
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Put it on gear and depress clutch and start to get going. Few accelerations and braking with the motor should free it.
Another method is to let it sit day or two in gear without parking brake on a hill.
Another method is to let it sit day or two in gear without parking brake on a hill.
07-13-2009, 01:05 PM
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This happened to me once after a very hard run. I haven't taken it apart yet since it's been working fine since but I beleive I overheated the pilot bearing and froze that. I started the car in gear then drove to an empty parking lot. A rolling acceleration at 30psi in second with the pedal down broke it free.
