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Something is wrong. The car won’t move.
Today was going to be my test drive for the new suspension I just put in. Prior to me doing the work I did, I was having trouble shifting into any gear when I first started the car. The last time I started the car I had to put the car in gear to start and put some force into my first few shifts. I figured it was my clutch pedal adjustment because i was having to push the clutch pedal all the way down to release the clutch.
Fast forward to today...
After adjusting the clutch pedal and watching the slave cylinder, I sat the car down and started it up. Shifting was really easy with the clutch depressed. However, when I let go of the clutch (in neutral) I noticed immediately that Betty was telling me that the parking brake is engaged. She only says this when the car is moving above 3 mph or so. My speedometer was also reading about 1 or 2 mph.
Obviously I am not moving with the e brake on, so I let go of the e brake and shift into reverse no sweat. I release the clutch pedal, the speedometer jumps to 4-5 mph and the clutch starts making some grinding sounds like it’s catching the flywheel, still not moving though.
I adjust the clutch pedal back to where I was before and same situation, car is not moving, something is making contact in the bell housing.
At this point I am extremely confused. The output shaft turns the speedometer meaning that the flywheel is making contact, but my driveshaft isn’t moving, that I checked visually with a partner in the car. It’s not like my brakes are causing this because the car would just die. One thing I did note is that my clutch fork is extremely easy to move back and forth, something which I don’t think should be happening. My hypothesis is I popped the clutch fork off the mount in the bell housing. Any ideas? I’m at a loss.
Today was going to be my test drive for the new suspension I just put in. Prior to me doing the work I did, I was having trouble shifting into any gear when I first started the car. The last time I started the car I had to put the car in gear to start and put some force into my first few shifts. I figured it was my clutch pedal adjustment because i was having to push the clutch pedal all the way down to release the clutch.
Fast forward to today...
After adjusting the clutch pedal and watching the slave cylinder, I sat the car down and started it up. Shifting was really easy with the clutch depressed. However, when I let go of the clutch (in neutral) I noticed immediately that Betty was telling me that the parking brake is engaged. She only says this when the car is moving above 3 mph or so. My speedometer was also reading about 1 or 2 mph.
Obviously I am not moving with the e brake on, so I let go of the e brake and shift into reverse no sweat. I release the clutch pedal, the speedometer jumps to 4-5 mph and the clutch starts making some grinding sounds like it’s catching the flywheel, still not moving though.
I adjust the clutch pedal back to where I was before and same situation, car is not moving, something is making contact in the bell housing.
At this point I am extremely confused. The output shaft turns the speedometer meaning that the flywheel is making contact, but my driveshaft isn’t moving, that I checked visually with a partner in the car. It’s not like my brakes are causing this because the car would just die. One thing I did note is that my clutch fork is extremely easy to move back and forth, something which I don’t think should be happening. My hypothesis is I popped the clutch fork off the mount in the bell housing. Any ideas? I’m at a loss.
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