tips for the clutch slippage please

[zed]

I just picked up my series 3..

The clutch is supposed to have less than 10k mi on it. But it slips horribly.
Possibly contaminated.. It sat for a long time.. about a year and a half... in a very wet area.. But I'm not ruling out oil. Any suggestions other than popping out the tranny at which point replacement would be the smart bet anyway..

Any inspection cover on these things?

Any tips appreciated.

[antichrist]

Have you bled it yet?

[zed]

Originally Posted by antichrist

Have you bled it yet?

I have a few things to try after some searching

Bleeding it seems to be more of a clutch sticking thing.. but I'll try it..
That and adjusting the jam nuts in the clutch master cylinder.

INterestingly enough.. from pushing on the clutch.. I really didn't expect it to be hydraulic. Its pretty darn firm.

[jimfoo]

Does the pedal have any free play? If not, that could be the problem. It needs some free play or the valve inside will hold pressure in the slave. Or if the Ser 3 has a pushrod adjustment, I'm not sure, it could be off.

[zed]

In case someone runs into this thread in the future.

It appears the throw out bearing slipped off the fork during assembly and got jammed .. it couldnt move all the way back and was forced against the pressure plate. Partially disengaging the clutch from the flywheel.

All the parts were new.. but it still sucked. When I took off the transmission.. the throwout bearing was still jammed onto the clutch fork 90 degrees off.

Use the plastic staple when assembling the clutch (or a piece of tape or something..

apparently you can assemble it wrong and not know it.