Hmmm....That is interesting. The clutch in this car has always been
stiff/heavy. In fact, one of the reasons I have this car is because my 65
year old Mom's knee couldn't take the clutch anymore and she needed an
automatic (that and getting in & out was starting to get difficult for her
and my Dad...) They went and bought a Vue and gave me this car. It's not
bad for a little go-kart and it's decent on gas battling the Long Island
Expressway stop & go crap 6 days a week....

Scott

"Napalm Heart" > wrote in message
...
> Interesting. The clutch pressure on the SL2 that is now my son's is
> feather-light. I have had the same thing as far as getting it to go
> into gear, but I always figured that the problem felt more like it was
> in the shifter.
>
> Ken
>
> "Scott MacIntyre" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi - Amazing! I have the exact situation you described on my 94
> SL2 - I've
> > just been living with it, but what a bitch it is when your sitting
> at a
> > light, and it changes and you have to jam the SOB into 1st. Unlike
> you
> > though, I usually don't have problems with any other gear. I found
> that as I
> > am just coming to a stop, I apply slight pressure to the stick to
> put in
> > 1st, and it'll gently slip in just before you stop. I also have the
> > "jumping" you described while sitting at a light with the car in
> 1st...Feels
> > like the clutch isn't completely disengaged...funny thing is that if
> you
> > pull the stick out of gear, pump the clutch once and put it back in
> it
> > stops. (of course, then you have the problem of having to jam it
> again)
> >
> > The reason I state the above experience for you is that for me, the
> car is
> > what it is...mine's a 12 year old Saturn with 160K miles on it in
> which the
> > drivers seat and my left side get wet during rain from a leak
> somewhere
> > (drips down from the around the seat belt track), and I'm only
> looking to
> > keep it going until it dies, putting only the minimum $ in it. This
> clutch
> > problem has been going on for 2 years, and hasn't changed or left me
> > stranded.......so if yours just started AND you don't want to dump $
> in it
> > AND you can live with it, it won't crap out on you if that's what
> your
> > worried about. (and no, the clutch is not adjustable just as
> someone else
> > mentioned)
> >
> > BTW, on the same topic of clutches, is it mine only, or is the
> Saturn clutch
> > in that car the stiffest/hardest clutch for a car you've ever
> experienced??
> > My left leg gets a good workout in rush hour!! I've driven large
> trucks
> > that feel like that clutch. The other day, I moved my friend's
> Nissan,
> > which is a stick and I damn near put my foot through the floor!!
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > "Adrien" > wrote in message
> > news
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I have a 1996 SL1 with 200,000km on it. (120K miles)
> > >
> > > I replaced the clutch about 25000 km ago and over the last 5000km,
> the
> > > shifting has been difficult at best.
> > >
> > > At a light it's difficult to put it in 1st.. finding second or
> third is
> > > difficult as well. Most troubling is that sometimes at a light
> with the
> > > clutch pedal in and the tranny in 1st gear, it feels as though the
> clutch
> > > is grabbing and the car is lurchy..
> > >
> > > Seems to me that sometimes the clutch is released properly and
> > > intermittently it's not.
> > >
> > > I have replaced the hydraulics with the sealed system factory unit
> and it
> > > didn't make a difference at all.
> > >
> > > So for my questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Any ideas on what might be bad here? Bad clutch itself?
> > >
> > > 2. Should I yank the engine to replace the clutch or can I
> separate the
> > > engine and tranny with less work than that. (I had a garage do the
> work
> > > last time)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrien
> >
> >
>
>