Ok so recently i was trying my MT Z to my friends house and i come up on a

stop sign so i push in the clutch to put into neutral then all of a sudden my

clutch pedal does a *Pop* sound and now is stuck all the way up against the

firewall. i can no longer get it into any gear after first, when i turn on the car

in neutral it will start but when i go to put it into first it is as if the clutch

pedal doesnt even exsist. so for the past 3-4 days i been Lifting the car up

and looking underneith it and have absolutly no clue what is up with it.

has any 1 had any simmilar problems, O yea and i cant drive it and its also 2

tow therefore i cant get it to a shop. thanks.

 

do a search....clutch slave cylinder?

 

what year is yours?
07 has recall on clutch slave.
call your Nissan dealer.

 

with a "pop" sounds like a clutch pivot ball (depending on year).hard to tell from here though,take a look underneath at the clutch fork.

 

any fluid leaking maybe your line popped

 

Clutch pivot bolt for sure. $8.60 from Nissan.

Went through this a while back.

Good luck.


-Tim

 

its an 04 and the brake/clutch fluid i keep puttin in is leaking,

my mechanic friend said to pour some in and pump the clutch and that should work but

im pumping it the fluid just keeps going past Min. and there is a little leak under the car.

so what does that say?

 

Well, you've obviously got a fluid leak.

The clutch system works off of that fluid.

Here's my take on what happened:

Your clutch pivot bolt broke. When that happens, there is nothing to hold the clutch fork inside the transmission. When the clutch pedal stuck to the floor, your instinct was to pry it back up and try pressing it again. By doing this, you are forcing more fluid into the slave, which is now over-extending and beginning to push the clutch fork out of the transmission.

As this happens, the rubber boot on the slave cylinder conveniently comes in contact with the sharp edge of the "skid" plate that surrounds it. The rubber boot is now torn, and that's where all of your clutch fluid is leaking from.

So, you now need that $8.60 bolt, as well as a slave cylinder, $40.00


Now, I could be completely wrong here, but the only way to find out is to get under your car, and see if you can wiggle the clutch fork around. You should almost be able to pull it right out of the tranny.

-Tim

 

Clutch peddle sticks to the floor? Never heard of it.

 

I originally thought pivot ball when I read this too but it may just be your line. You're going to have to find out where it's leaking from anyway so you may as well go over the line and slave cylinder first. Have a friend push on the clutch while you watch for leaks if you have to. As mentioned before if you pull out on the clutch fork and it moves you need to replace the pivot ball. Here's a link to an upgraded aftermarket version. The bad news is that if it's broke you'll have to drop the tranny to install it.

 

ok thanks for the help, tomorrow im gonna raise it up again and get under it, as for today its raining like cats n dogs.....

but yea i pushed it and n pryed it out n pushed again so what ur sayin sounds Logical so as long as its only like a $70 fix or w.e im good but if i need to drop the tranny my z will be sittin in the street for a while...

 

how did you get the original post to post improperly?

 

huh?

 

nothing. it's just formatted wrong. must be firefox.

 

 

ok so it was the slave cylinder and something else forgot what the name was.

but my mechanic friend thats fixing the car says that something in the tranny is broken

now he has to Drop the tranny and its gettin towards christmas and money is getting

tight... so now on top of paying him just for parts i gotta add more cuz he needs to

drop the tranny. in thinkin this i barely bought my car maybe 3-4 months ago and

huntington beach ford assured me it was all good and we inspected it with our people.

shouldnt they pay for something they so called "checked". they are also suppose to pay

for a damage done by the previous owner and still havent. i dont know i could just be

mad and wanting some one to agree with me in this rage.. but thats what i think.


-Thomas

 

ha! clutch pivot ball!......do i win an internet prize?j/k

there is no way they could have forseen it's failure,chalk it up to used car bullsh$t that just happens.

 

Right there with you bro.

 

haha I think I was the only one that got this.

 

Not so fast, buddy. I called the pivot ball breaking, then taking out the slave cylinder.


-Tim