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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 11:51 AM
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just bought a 350z and yesterday was my first time driving it. took it out to a local drift track and mid day i was drifting a turn and gave it a clutch kick and heard a light pop and now none of the gears will engage. it runs fine and will go into gear smooth ( all gears ) and clutch pedal feels normal


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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 11:55 AM
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just tried to add a video but it won't work

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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 12:23 PM
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What year Z?

Sounds like heat is wearing either the clutch master or clutch slave.

My HR failed to go into gear after the pedal stuck on the floor during a time trial event. Replaced everything to ensure the problem doesn't come back (CMC, CSC, clutch/FW, all SS lines, fluid).
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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 02:55 PM
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I'm wondering if you might have snapped the input shaft. You say you can "shift" into all gears, but when you let the clutch out there's no bite/grab? What year is the Z? You might be able to look inside the bell housing through the clutch fork port (06 and older) or possibly through the crank sensor port. But it sounds to me like you're able to put it in gear, let the clutch out. rev the engine, and there's no grab/movement.

Could be the clutch disc completely gave out.
Could be a more serious transmission failure.
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As Silver mentioned, you may have a problem with the clutch hydraulics, but if you're getting solid resistance from the pedal, that at least tells us your pressure plate is transferring force properly through the fluid.
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Old Sep 23, 2019 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by icer5160
I'm wondering if you might have snapped the input shaft. You say you can "shift" into all gears, but when you let the clutch out there's no bite/grab? What year is the Z? You might be able to look inside the bell housing through the clutch fork port (06 and older) or possibly through the crank sensor port. But it sounds to me like you're able to put it in gear, let the clutch out. rev the engine, and there's no grab/movement.

Could be the clutch disc completely gave out.
Could be a more serious transmission failure.
and...

As Silver mentioned, you may have a problem with the clutch hydraulics, but if you're getting solid resistance from the pedal, that at least tells us your pressure plate is transferring force properly through the fluid.
-Icer

its a 03. yep zero bite. yep solid resistance from the pedal as well

ill try and check those things out. thank you
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Old Sep 24, 2019 | 11:24 PM
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I had something like this, mine was the flywheel bolts all breaking
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Old Sep 25, 2019 | 06:53 AM
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Doesn't matter what happened,; you are going to need to drop the tranny.
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Old Sep 25, 2019 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by iideadeyeii
Doesn't matter what happened,; you are going to need to drop the tranny.
Leave Caitlyn out of this



(My twisted mind at work)
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