Hondamonster
03-16-2008, 10:28 PM
ok so i picked up an 89 lx for cheap with a bad tranny. got a new (old) one from the junkyard and put it in. i swapped over all the parts from the existing tranny onto the new one (speedometer gear thing, throwout bearing, reverse sensor, maybe a couple other little things)
when i put the throwout bearing in, i thought the spring had snapped in all the way, and i moved the clutch fork all the way up and down a few times to watch it and make sure. everything looked fine. so i put everything back together and all was going well until i went to put the clutch cable back on.
when i took it off, i loosened the adjuster nut just enough to slip the cable out of the fork, but when trying to reinstall, it was not long enough. i had to adjust it all the way loose and put a jack under the clutch fork just to get the cable on. once it was on, i tightened the adjuster nut and went to push the pedal to see how it felt. it was really easy to push and felt funny, pushed it a few times then heard a pop and the pedal stuck to the floorboard. i went back to the front of the car and found the cable still attached but much more loose. i tightened the adjuster nut back up and now the clutch feels like it should. could something have broken or came loose or was something in the cable just hung up somewhere?
im going to try to drive the car tomorrow, but i might wind up taking everything apart again just to see what happened. my first thought was that maybe the spring clips came off of the throwout bearing or something... but im not really sure. any ideas?
when i put the throwout bearing in, i thought the spring had snapped in all the way, and i moved the clutch fork all the way up and down a few times to watch it and make sure. everything looked fine. so i put everything back together and all was going well until i went to put the clutch cable back on.
when i took it off, i loosened the adjuster nut just enough to slip the cable out of the fork, but when trying to reinstall, it was not long enough. i had to adjust it all the way loose and put a jack under the clutch fork just to get the cable on. once it was on, i tightened the adjuster nut and went to push the pedal to see how it felt. it was really easy to push and felt funny, pushed it a few times then heard a pop and the pedal stuck to the floorboard. i went back to the front of the car and found the cable still attached but much more loose. i tightened the adjuster nut back up and now the clutch feels like it should. could something have broken or came loose or was something in the cable just hung up somewhere?
im going to try to drive the car tomorrow, but i might wind up taking everything apart again just to see what happened. my first thought was that maybe the spring clips came off of the throwout bearing or something... but im not really sure. any ideas?