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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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I bout a 2005 350z about a year ago and had nothing but trouble with the clutch. so I replaced everything which solved most of the problems.

I have replaced the clutch and flywheel with southbend stage 3 clutch and light weight flywheel and replaced the slave cylinder and the master and the fluid.
Now I have an issue. When I first take it out it feels fine and catches normally. Then it warms up the clutch petal starts not engaging until 3/4 of the way up. If I drag it I'm assuming that heats it up real quick and I damn near loose all ability to engage petal at all till all the way at top and I basically have to push it into gear then when it cools down 5to minutes later it gets a little better. CAN ANY ONE HELP ME
if this makes sense to anyone
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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try having your pedal adjusted.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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About 1,000 miles after installing a new clutch you will want to adjust the engagement point. There are several DIY threads or take it to a mechanic.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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Did you replace the OEM hose with a stainless steel hose?
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 06:43 AM
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I know when I had the fluid changed the readjusted the pedal. That was about 800mile after the clutch was put on and as for the lines only new ones that were put on were the free one that came with the clutch flywheel combo from concept z. I always take it down to the performance shop for all of the work. I've got about 1,200 miles on it now.
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