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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 > > > > > > |
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