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  • Jan. 31, 2012 9:55 p.m. schils None

    This one is getting out of my wheelhouse.

    The wife's '08 WRX has developed a shifting issue. It refuses to engage reverse and will only engage the forward gears when I double clutch and push the pedal all the way down very hard. The clutch pedal seems very light and only seems to engage at the end, but I don't drive it every day. I also noticed that during the last 1/2 of travel there is a vibration that can be felt in the pedal. The car doen't creep forward with the pedal out and car in neutral.

    I checked the clutch hydraulics and everything is dry, no air in the system, and slave cylinder travel is approx. 19mm.

    Thanks.

  • Streetwiseguy

    Feb. 1, 2012 7:18 a.m. Streetwiseguy SuperDork

    Between the light pedal, the vibration through your foot, and the poor disengagement, it almost sounds like a broken diaphragm spring in the pressure plate. If you really romp on it in third gear, does it slip?

  • carzan

    Feb. 1, 2012 8:22 a.m. carzan HalfDork

    Streetwiseguy wrote:

    Between the light pedal, the vibration through your foot, and the poor disengagement, it almost sounds like a broken diaphragm spring in the pressure plate. If you really romp on it in third gear, does it slip?

    +1 on the broken diaphragm spring thought.

  • iceracer

    Feb. 1, 2012 9:50 a.m. iceracer SuperDork

    +2

  • Feb. 1, 2012 10:48 p.m. schils New Reader

    It starts to slip between 3-3.5k, once the turbo has spooled up and the torque is really coming on. Below that it seems fine once it is in gear.

  • Streetwiseguy

    Feb. 2, 2012 7:56 a.m. Streetwiseguy SuperDork

    That sure does sound like the confirming blow. Shes clutch time.

 
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