Clutch wont disengage

KJHuffman · 02-12-2006

I was going to bring my car into my shop to check out the responses to my previous thread and it appears that the clutch plate has adhered to the flywheel. It is a rebuilt clutch that I installed last summer. When I last drove it all was fine. I parked it in the garage for the winter, and now it won't disengage. I checked the adjustment and that was certainly is not the problem. The cable is brand new and is working fine. The pedal is too.

Does anyone have any ideas how to break it loose without having to pull the engine?

BQS4 · 02-12-2006

Try rocking the car back and forth in gear

guyopel · 02-12-2006

This is a common problem with the clutch disk sticking to the flywheel . Put car in neutral and push outside and with the car heading in a straight clear path , crank car up and warm up to operating temps. , cut off car put in first gear put foot on brakes ,then crank car up ( Danger :car will move forward but with the brakes applied clutch may release ) If this does not work you may have to remove trans. to unbolt clutch . I have seen holes drilled in the bell housing so the clutch can be lossen from the flywheel from the bottom with the car on stands and someone depressing the clutch pedal and using a thin putty knife to free the disk . HTH

73Manta72gt · 02-12-2006

try driving it with the clutch pedal depressed

spdkilz02 · 02-12-2006

Originally Posted by BQS4

Try rocking the car back and forth in gear

i think this would be ur safest way of doing to disengage the clutch...u wont tear anything up on the car and u urself will be safe doing it...

kwilford · 02-13-2006

Read this thread:
http://www.opelgt.com/forums/7a-clutch/1708-opel-gt-trans-will-not-engage.html
HTH

02-12-2006	#1 (permalink)
KJHuffman Opeler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Forest Grove, Oregon Posts: 10	Unanswered: Clutch wont disengage I was going to bring my car into my shop to check out the responses to my previous thread and it appears that the clutch plate has adhered to the flywheel. It is a rebuilt clutch that I installed last summer. When I last drove it all was fine. I parked it in the garage for the winter, and now it won't disengage. I checked the adjustment and that was certainly is not the problem. The cable is brand new and is working fine. The pedal is too. Does anyone have any ideas how to break it loose without having to pull the engine? __________________ Falling is fun, It's that sudden stop at the end that sucks.

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BQS4 Southern Red Neck Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Snellville, GA Posts: 6,028 Real Name: Gene Provided Answers: 12	Try rocking the car back and forth in gear __________________ "Yes, I do have a rifle rack in my Sportwagon"

02-12-2006	#3 (permalink)
guyopel Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Duluth,Ga. Posts: 649 Real Name: John Provided Answers: 2	This is a common problem with the clutch disk sticking to the flywheel . Put car in neutral and push outside and with the car heading in a straight clear path , crank car up and warm up to operating temps. , cut off car put in first gear put foot on brakes ,then crank car up ( Danger :car will move forward but with the brakes applied clutch may release ) If this does not work you may have to remove trans. to unbolt clutch . I have seen holes drilled in the bell housing so the clutch can be lossen from the flywheel from the bottom with the car on stands and someone depressing the clutch pedal and using a thin putty knife to free the disk . HTH __________________ Guyopel I have not failed - I've merely found 10,000 ways that won't work." ---Thomas Edison It's amazing what God lets man get away with when lightning is so cheap. Mark Twain Last edited by guyopel; 02-12-2006 at 05:07 PM.

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kwilford Über OpelGT.com Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,087 Real Name: Keith Wilford Provided Answers: 4	Read this thread: http://www.opelgt.com/forums/7a-clutch/1708-opel-gt-trans-will-not-engage.html HTH __________________ Keith Wilford working on my '71 GT and '75 SportWagon

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02-12-2006	#4 (permalink)
73Manta72gt Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 341	try driving it with the clutch pedal depressed

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