| So... went back this morning and went through everything that everyone recommends, gravity bleed, removed the slave and pumped it by hand while operating the bleeder, Vacuum bled both points, and still it won't fully disengage. I am getting close to an inch of travel on the slave rod as well. I have always hated this clutch, it is an early southbend, stage 5 or whatever they called it that was supposed to handle all the horsepower in the world. But, the flywheel that came with it is machined too thick, (when I stand it beside the SZ flywheel I have, the difference is obvious) and so is the clutch, so I had to have the pedal adjusted all the way out, and even then the damn thing would come in right off the floor, like an on and off switch, making it nearly impossible to shift fast because I had to push the clutch so far to get it out. I think having to have so much travel is probably what killed the clutch master cylinder cause it was replaced about two years ago OEM, and before that it was the original one, and it only lasted about a year on this clutch. I can start the car with the clutch down, in gear, and move it, I just cannot shift or change gear because it isn't disengaging enough. I suspect now that either a: the contact of not fully disengaging has gotten the clutch hot, and it is stuck to the pressure plate, or B: it has a broken spring. I have the upgraded clutch arm, chromoly pivot ball, (which upon visual inspection is intact) and all the stuff that is supposed to make it harder to break. So if anything has gone, it has something to do with the clutch.
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19:16:39 10/22/13
