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Clutch won't disengage

Discussion in 'Subaru Sambar' started by Rodney, Jan 17, 2017.

  1. Rodney

    Rodney New Member

    89 Subaru Sambar 4speed 4wd with el
    I can't get the clutch to disengage. It started when I was cruising down a long country road holding a decent speed in 4th, when all of a sudden a couple tires lock up for a half second. I pulled over to check everything out and I noticed nothing so tried to jump back on the road. It wouldn't go into 1st cause if was grinding as if I didn't disengage the clutch. I pushed it until I had the right speed to match the low rpms of 3rd. Got it into gear and just got it home only in 3rd.
    Now that I have had it home I got jacked up on all fours. With rev matching I can get it into all gears ( a decent amount of grinding)
    I can depress the clutch and press the brakes which wil stall the car,so I am confident the clutch is engaged. I have done some reasearch and before tearing everything apart, I checked the cable and it is still adjusted fine and in working order (fork moves when pedal is depressed, adjusted the cable tighter and still nothing). I also put it into 4th and got the tires rotating at about 80kmph and slammed on the brakes multiple times trying to free the clutch disk from the flywheel, in the case it is seized to the flywheel like said in another thread.
    Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks in advanced
     

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  2. SpikeFiend

    SpikeFiend Member

    If the cable from the clutch pedal is working, you're going to have to open up the clutch housing to fix it. Might as well buy a clutch repair kit and change everything in there.

    When you say the fork is moving, are you talking about the external release lever (connected to the cable) or the actual release fork inside the clutch housing? There are two little spring pins that hold the release fork onto the release lever... if those were to shear off, your lever (externally) would still swing back and forth, but nothing inside would be moving (and your clutch would remain permanently engaged).
     
  3. Rodney

    Rodney New Member

    Thanks you a lot. Ended up getting to the clutch and it must have decided it wasn't worthy, and committed self destruction.
    Do you have any of the torque specs for the flywheels and pressure plate?
     

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