No Pedal Pressure and Won't go into Gear!

**RudyWS6** · 06-30-2010, 07:27 PM

Ok, heres the deal. I have a 98 TA M6. I had a Cartek clutch installed about 5k miles ago, and the last 3 years I have only put 800 miles on the car. Today I took her for a spin and noticed it was really hard to get in and out of gear and I had no pressure in the pedal. Then I could not get it into any gear at all and I ended up calling AAA and was on a flat bed in no time. Thinking in the hydros. Any suggestions? Thank you

**RyanJM** · 06-30-2010, 08:39 PM

Check the fluid I know on most hydralic clutches the slave cylinder is udually always a problem

**Cutlass** · 07-01-2010, 03:42 AM

yep it probably the hydraulics. Check for leaks at the bottom of the bellhousing. Its a good idea to just replace both the master and slave. Use quality parts or you'll be doing it again

**RudyWS6** · 07-01-2010, 04:42 AM

Thanks, thats what i thought! Any suggestions on a good slave/master product?

**Cutlass** · 07-02-2010, 03:23 AM

GM Slave
GM master (from the dealership or GMPartsDirect.com) or Tick Master
Just don't go to AutoZone, O'Reilly's, Napa, etc. There master cylinders suck bad

**Wesman** · 07-04-2010, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cutlass

GM Slave
GM master (from the dealership or GMPartsDirect.com) or Tick Master
Just don't go to AutoZone, O'Reilly's, Napa, etc. There master cylinders suck bad

I made the mistake of buying a master from Advance...leaked out of the pushrod seal the first time I installed it. Garbage. I returned it as defective and bought a GM master.

**JHayesLS1** · 07-08-2010, 09:37 AM

+1 on NOT buying from Advanced. I bought a new clutch for my old mustang there and it was complete trash. This is not something to skimp on.

**RudyWS6** · 07-18-2010, 03:52 PM

Ok, so i got my new GM slave and Master installed. Got it bleed and the pedeal feels great. Took it for a ride and I can not down shift into first with out a grinding. The car has to be at a complete stop to shift into first. No other gear has a problem. I didn't not have this problem before the replacing the slave and master. Any thoughts??

**Wesman** · 07-18-2010, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by RudyWS6

Ok, so i got my new GM slave and Master installed. Got it bleed and the pedeal feels great. Took it for a ride and I can not down shift into first with out a grinding. The car has to be at a complete stop to shift into first. No other gear has a problem. I didn't not have this problem before the replacing the slave and master. Any thoughts??

Sounds like you may still have air in the system, causing the clutch not to fully disengage.