Clutch is soft.

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JaredBorden
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I think something is wrong with a component in the hydraulic system of my clutch. It just feels super buki. There is hardly any resistance when I depress the clutch, and it doesn't really kick back like there is any pressure behind it (it kicks back like its spring loaded rather than hydraulic if that makes any sense). The clutch does engage and disengage properly it just has a buki pedal and every now and again it feels like it has two friction points or two different levels of the clutch being engaged. This soggy set up makes clutch kicking into or during a drift difficult. The entire system has been bled (at the box and at the slave) and the car has been converted from SOHC w/auto transmission to DOHC w/manual transmission. I don't know if I overlooked something or what. Someone told me that bypassing the bleeder box would help. I read that the only thing that the box does is reduce chatter during gear changes by opening and closing a valve (which in turn modifies the clutch pressure) creating a sort of cushion so that the driver doesn't feel it in the pedal. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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bone_stock_240
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Car: 1995 Infiniti Q45

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Stock pedal feel is dissapointingly gay. Sounds like a problem more with your master than your slave, but I am not sure. Did you put in a new master and slave or were they used?

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Brandon93240
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Car: 1993 240sx

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Yep if you get rid of that it will be alot easier to bleed, and the pedal feel in better imo. Besides its not like the rest of the car is stock right? You can twist the metal line enough to hook the soft line to it and secure it in place. Than just bleed and its pimp.

JaredBorden
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I was informed that the clutch master cylinder that I used was new (and it looked new), but I installed this part at the very end of the swap. It had been a very long three days and I was ready to just drive the damn thing home. I have ordered parts that have been defective straight from the parts house though. Is there any way to test a clutch master cylinder?


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