My Clutch Engages At The Floor

The most common reason to have a clutch pedal that goes all the way to the floor is a broken clutch cable.

My clutch engages at the floor.

No free play is way too loose. Clutch fails to engage properly. 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.

Bad cable is 90 cause. 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. When you press the clutch your foot counters the diaphragm spring which presses the friction disc to the flywheel. Clutch engages at floor check my thinking update.

This is extremely common particularly on older cars. 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. Broken lever on the pedal top. There are four components that can cause the clutch pedal go all the way to the floor.

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. Caused by 1 all fail modes covered here. Pedal at floor dis engages it. Replacing the cable will allow you to engage the clutch and change gears once more.

We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. The clutch cable runs to a throw out fork and bearing.