My Clutch Engages At The Floor

When you press the clutch your foot counters the diaphragm spring which presses the friction disc to the flywheel.

My clutch engages at the floor.

Clutch engages at floor check my thinking update. Caused by 1 all fail modes covered here. Bad cable is 90 cause. Non last this long.

The second beetle mentioned in this thread has now finally been repaired progressed to the point that the owner broke the shifter getting it into gear. Broken lever on the pedal top. Replacing the cable will allow you to engage the clutch and change gears once more. I m updating this because two identical cars with the same symptoms had two different causes.

My guess is the clutch drags unless i push the clutch pedal 100 to the floor. No free play is way too loose. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. A clutch that doesn t engage fully or slips under heavy load is the normal failure mode of a worn out friction disc of pressure plate that has lost its tension.

Pedal at floor dis engages it. Failed clutch release bearing. This is extremely common particularly on older cars. A clutch pedal is made for the driver to release the clutch and engage the clutch.

There are four components that can cause the clutch pedal go all the way to the floor. The most common reason to have a clutch pedal that goes all the way to the floor is a broken clutch cable.