Clutch Malfunction - Bizarre

Gyrkin · Dec 31, 2019

GrindingRock[OP] said: ↑

Curiously, I have had the problem that Gyrkin is describing on another nearly stock 2000 SR5 3.4 L Tacoma 4WD. Clutch squeaked badly and only returned about 7/8 of the way. However, when depressed to the floor the clutch disengaged and this never affected shifting. I used my toe for about a year to lift the pedal back up just because I was worried it was not fully engaged before I took it to my good local shop for major maintenance and they fixed that problem at the same time.

In the recent failure the clutch only returned to 50% point but when depressed to the floor it was like the slave cylinder was only actuating 50% or less. As I indicated, after towing the clutch worked fine before I did any work on it. I did not bleed the system until after we installed the new clutch pack.

In addition, when the new clutch pack was installed I didn't replace any parts on the master cylinder, slave cylinder or the linkage that connects the clutch pedal to the master. Did 2-1/2 weeks of fairly serious wheeling, drove 1,000 miles back to Washington State and have been driving 4 times per week for the last 6 weeks. Clutch pedal makes no noise, is perfectly smooth and has completely normal feel and range of motion. If there is something wrong with the linkage or the return spring it is hard to understand that there isn't the slightest indication of any roughness or malfunction through the range of pedal motion.

I probably won't focus much effort on this until spring when it becomes more pleasant to do this work on my driveway. If I can put my finger on the root cause will update the thread.
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Mine squeaked for a couple of years. Then got quiet for a few years. Then started not coming all the way up. Got so bad that at times it just stayed all the way down on the floor until I reached down and pulled it up. Always felt smooth, never rough. If it's working good, I'd just leave it alone, but keep this in mind for when it starts acting up down the road, because it probably will.

eon_blue · Dec 31, 2019

I find that a healthy dose of dry lubricant spray behind the clutch pedal on the spring gets rid of the creaky barn door sound it tends to make at times. Reapply every few months or so

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