My Clutch Engages At The Floor

Failed clutch release bearing.

My clutch engages at the floor.

No free play is way too loose. When you press the clutch your foot counters the diaphragm spring which presses the friction disc to the flywheel. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Caused by 1 all fail modes covered here.

Non last this long. The most common reason to have a clutch pedal that goes all the way to the floor is a broken clutch cable. Clutch engages at floor check my thinking update. Clutch fails to engage properly.

The second beetle mentioned in this thread has now finally been repaired progressed to the point that the owner broke the shifter getting it into gear. A clutch pedal is made for the driver to release the clutch and engage the clutch. Pedal at floor dis engages it. This is extremely common particularly on older cars.

Clutch pedals that go from the rest position to full engagement but stay on the floor and don t spring back up indicate a problem. Broken lever on the pedal top. The clutch cable runs to a throw out fork and bearing. A clutch that doesn t engage fully or slips under heavy load is the normal failure mode of a worn out friction disc of pressure plate that has lost its tension.

I m updating this because two identical cars with the same symptoms had two different causes. My guess is the clutch drags unless i push the clutch pedal 100 to the floor.