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Old 12-12-2003 | 11:20 PM
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Car: 1986/88 Frankenstein Trans Am
Engine: carbed L98
Transmission: T-5
clutch wont fully disengage

hey guys. i got a t-5 on a L98 and the thing just will not disengage the clutch. for the life of me i cannot get into into gear when the car is running. i bled the damn thing 50 times...pumped the crap out of it...i even got a new slave cylinder ($75). i've dropped my trans like 5 times in the last month..I DONT WANNA DO IT AGAIN! lol...anyway, i did all this be myself and i admit im no mechanic or anything so im guessing it may be my wrong doings somewhere. is there supposed to be a spring that pushes the yoke off the flywheel at all? because after the slave cylinder has beeln holding the clutch on the flywheel i cant see how it "pulls" it off the flywheel when the clutch pedal is pressed.
Old 12-13-2003 | 07:46 AM
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https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=205405

Scroll down to the 2 pictures of the throwout bearing
Old 12-14-2003 | 07:26 AM
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throw out bearing? i really dont wanna drop the trans again
Old 12-14-2003 | 09:13 AM
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So which way is yours installed? Got it in wrong? Then you don't have much choice.
Old 12-14-2003 | 01:36 PM
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So which way is yours installed? Got it in wrong? Then you don't have much choice.
man..i can't remember anymore. i put the trans together like 3 months ago and i've been working on gettin the car running. finally got it running and now i gotta pull the trans yet again...sigh.
Old 12-14-2003 | 04:38 PM
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If its got the '82/83 mechanical clutch linkage, look at the Z-bar... one of the levers may be cracked.

That happened to me last June. Took about 45 mins to remove, 10 to weld it back together, and about 1/2 hour to reinstall.
Old 12-14-2003 | 10:01 PM
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Originally posted by Air_Adam
If its got the '82/83 mechanical clutch linkage, look at the Z-bar... one of the levers may be cracked.

That happened to me last June. Took about 45 mins to remove, 10 to weld it back together, and about 1/2 hour to reinstall.
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