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R50/53 Not able to come out of gear

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Old May 8, 2008 | 07:01 AM
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Not able to come out of gear

Well recently i installed a Clutchmaster stage 3 clutch and Fidanza flywheel and been having trouble with getting her to bleed so i finally bought a motive power bleeder and it seems alot better after. Before hand i had a intermitten problem when i was mostly in traffic in 1st gear its hard to get the shifter out of gear when the clutch is put in like the clutch is still grabbing....So i have to double clutch and it releases....I thought maybe it was air in the lines still so after i did the power bleed i took it for a ride and it felt great....On the way to work this morning it did it again. Idk what this is , maybe air still in the line
 

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Old May 8, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Old May 10, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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bump...anyone heard of this?
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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I think the first thing to check would be the slave cylinder bypassing fluid. Maybe a small leak? then maybe the master cylinder. Then you will have ruled out the hydrolics. If it's not the hydrolics, then it is probably inside the clutch housing. Maybe have someone look at the slave cylinder while you push the clutch all the way down and hold it. If it is bypassing fluid or leaking then the slave cylinder will start going back with the clutch still completely pushed.

Did you compress the slave cylinder while you bled it? There may be air in the slave cylinder.
 
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Old May 10, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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As Alice said, I'd check the slave cylinder. We had that go out on our 2006 MCSC and the service adviser said it was a common problem
 
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Old May 11, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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Def no leaks that i can see...slave is dry everywhere.....i replaced it not to long ago after i did the clutch b/c it was leaking. i thought it was compressed as best as i could get it in...i wedged something between the slave and the arm but maybe it wasnt all the way in and there is still air in it. I talked to clutchmaster and they said since its intermitten it cant be the clutch itself or it would do it all the time
 
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