Did anybody had this issue? Clutch engagement location fluctuates without a reason. Sometimes it engages at the bottom and sometimes it engages normally up high. The quick fix to the problem if the pedal engages atthebottom is to lift it with your foot, and it will engage at the top instantaneously. It started happening after I upgraded to ss braided clutch line. I know there's s tricky procedure to bleed the line which I did.
Sounds like you either didn't get all of the air or your master is on its way out...
Have you read at all about the valve in some the WRX's masters that can cause this issue? I don't know if the Fozzy got the same set-up, but if it does somehow, there are parts that can be removed from the master to stop it... Let me look around..
I mean it was all fine prior to the SS line upgrade. After that, it started to act like that. Ill give it another bleeding session.
Whats weird is that it works perfectly, and then it acts up like that, especially after highway driving. When your stuck in 5th gear for about 10mins, and then when your approaching an exit you want to coast, you depress the clutch and bam, its barely there.
This is a good link (with more links) to check out. Could be the master, could be the slave.
I upgraded to a SS line and replaced my slave and it made a big difference, but it still shudders and the engagement point changes all over the place. I have yet to replace that valve in the MC with a bolt to get rid of the "safety" valve.
I didn't have the one on the slave Cylinder like the WRX/STi models do, but I do have the valve on the MC.
Looking at the Subaru parts catalogs, it looks like all Hydraulic Clutch Subarus have the one at the bottom of the MC, in one form or another. On earlier ones, it was a screw on cap, on later ones, it's held in by a snap ring.
ohh ok i see. If ill change a master, ill definitely get rid of it.
UPDATE: After giving it another bleed , it looks like its back to normal. Ill have to do a highway drive to confirm. i was reading on Nasioc, one member posted: remove the slave from transmission and bleed it with bleed screw facing up. Wont that push the rod out along with piston and oil from the slave? Its sounds like a good idea, but i think slave will fall apart? No?
No, there's a stop on the slave, it won't push out. Technically, the rod that pushes the clutch fork is a separate piece, sitting between the slave & fork. You'll see that if you remove the slave (which is super easy).
Ok, that up pointing nipple did the job. After testing on the highway, everything seems to be working properly. Looks like there was a little air in the slave afterall.
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