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What could be the possible reasons it is hard to shift an H41 into first gear and also hard to shift (with grinding) into reverse gear from a full stop in idle (considering the following)?
When the clutch pedal is depressed during idle, the clutch plate is disengaged and visibly floating/motionless in between the rotating flywheel and pressure plate (video below). This seems to be true when the car is just turned on and also when the car has been driven and the clutch components are warmed up.
From my understanding this means that (1) the pressure plate and master/slave cylinders are doing their job since the clutch plate is disengaging, and (2) the pilot bearing is doing its job since the movement of the input shaft is able to come to a stop even though the crankshaft is rotating.
As soon as I turn the engine off, the gearbox can shift easily into any gear, including first and reverse. Sometime at a full stop in idle it is impossible to get it into first gear and I have to turn the engine off to get the gearbox into gear (if I am unable to get the car to roll slightly to help it get into gear).
If the input shaft is at a stop with the clutch pedal depressed, why would it be hard to shift into first and reverse while stopped and engine idling vs when the engine is turned off?
Sometimes when I am trying to push the gear lever into first gear in idle but it won’t go in at all, I can see the car inching forward very very slightly as I am pushing on the shift lever even though clutch pedal is still held all the way down. Does this mean the clutch disc is prematurely making contact with the flywheel during that very moment and not allowing the input shaft to remain at a stop so that first gear can engage easily?
My clutch and slave cylinders are oem and new, however, I am running the 1200lb pressure plate (vs the 900lb stock) from MarlinCrawler. Could this be a bad combination causing fatigue at the tail end of the fork movement or maybe somehow causing inconsistent fork movement?
When the clutch pedal is depressed during idle, the clutch plate is disengaged and visibly floating/motionless in between the rotating flywheel and pressure plate (video below). This seems to be true when the car is just turned on and also when the car has been driven and the clutch components are warmed up.
From my understanding this means that (1) the pressure plate and master/slave cylinders are doing their job since the clutch plate is disengaging, and (2) the pilot bearing is doing its job since the movement of the input shaft is able to come to a stop even though the crankshaft is rotating.
As soon as I turn the engine off, the gearbox can shift easily into any gear, including first and reverse. Sometime at a full stop in idle it is impossible to get it into first gear and I have to turn the engine off to get the gearbox into gear (if I am unable to get the car to roll slightly to help it get into gear).
If the input shaft is at a stop with the clutch pedal depressed, why would it be hard to shift into first and reverse while stopped and engine idling vs when the engine is turned off?
Sometimes when I am trying to push the gear lever into first gear in idle but it won’t go in at all, I can see the car inching forward very very slightly as I am pushing on the shift lever even though clutch pedal is still held all the way down. Does this mean the clutch disc is prematurely making contact with the flywheel during that very moment and not allowing the input shaft to remain at a stop so that first gear can engage easily?
My clutch and slave cylinders are oem and new, however, I am running the 1200lb pressure plate (vs the 900lb stock) from MarlinCrawler. Could this be a bad combination causing fatigue at the tail end of the fork movement or maybe somehow causing inconsistent fork movement?
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