clutch problems

[normaspirated]

I think either my clutch is fried or there's something else that's wrong. Two nights ago, I was driving home at like 5 in the morning. There was nothing wrong at the time. That same morning I had to go to work at 7 am . I started my car and let it warm up. After about 10 min., I started to leave to go to work. I attempted to put it in reverse, but it wasn't going in. So, I kind of forced it in and it grinded. I took it out of reverse and tried putting it in the other gears. The weren't getting in there. I had to press the clutch a couple times before it would go in smoothly (the shifter getting in gear). I thought nothing of it and went to work. When I was leaving work to go home, it was doing the same things again (not getting in gear as if I was trying to shift without pressing the clutch). I got home and I started to feel a bit concerned. So when I started my car again to go somewhere, the clutch was light as a fuc**** feather. There was like NO resistance at all. Oh yeah, I can't put it in gear anymore because I'm pretty sure the clutch isn't engaging with the flywheel. So, what do you guys think? Sorry for such a long post.

[bruinbear714]

Does your resovoir still have fluid?

If your clutch is somewhat old, you can hear the throwout bearing whine/noise go away when you depress the clutch pedal. That'll at least tell you if the clutch is disengaging or not.

[normaspirated]

Does your resovoir still have fluid?

If your clutch is somewhat old, you can hear the throwout bearing whine/noise go away when you depress the clutch pedal. That'll at least tell you if the clutch is disengaging or not.

Stupid question, but is the location of the reservior on like the bottom right of the brake fluid reservior when looking at the engine bay? Its like a small reservior? If that's it, then that's NOT the problem 'cause there's fluid in there. How do you pry open the cap? Anyway, maybe the clutch is fried...hopefully its just that.

[yellow_jacket]

Sounds more like a clutch master going or gone. Usually if the springs break on the clutch it won't go into gear or disengage at all. You can kind of check this by having someone press the clutch pedal while you watch the slave cylinder and see if it is pushing the clutch fork far enough.