Clutch sliping???

[dburns240]

I have a 1991 nissan 240sx and I think my clutch is going bad but im not for shur if thats what the prob is or not. I never really experienced any problems with it until i took my exhaust off. It was only off for about a day cause i was expectin my HKS Hi-power to be shipped a lil sooner. But anyways with jus the cat n no exhaust pipe when i would shift it kinda did an over rev, like if i shift to the next gear and floor it the rpms shoot up maybe to 6grand then go down to 3 and it will start to go, but the clutch is all the way out. At first it mainly did it from 4th to 5th but i can tell its gettn worse cause now it does it from 1 to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd n so on. With the HKS on it still does it I dont think its related to the exhaust being taken off but I jus thought it was weird how it never did it until then. My guess, with no mechanical background is that the clutch gears are sticking or worn out. But like I said I have no mechanical background and would like to know what is causing this. Any ideas?Pic with the HKS-hi power exhaust installed

[s13sr20chris]

sounds like some definite clutch slippage. find someone competent to install your clutch and they can probably confirm the problem.

[gehzumteufel]

thats a bad clutch for sure. my **** did it when it was warm and never any other time. then 1 day it just quit grabbing period. had it towed home and got it fixed shortly after.

[mazinger-z]

same here. my clutch is slipping when i push the gas pedal all the way at once when is warm ( 5 minutes after start the car), so one hour ago, I went to a really cheap auto-parts shop right here in phoenix called "peny pincher" and i bought an unknown brand (DURA INTERNATIONAL) clutch kit for $91 and the chilton nissan 240sx repair manual for $20 at checker, and now am gonna wait for a very busy friend 9 more days to make our best try to change the clutch; we don't know how but how hard can it be? and i got no option, the real mechanics charge me $150-$250 just for labor and i don't have'em.