Really soft clutch pedal.

[Brad Taddeo]

I am helping out a buddy who just did an engine rebuild and did his clutch as well.  He came to me saying its grinding if he accelerates harder than a granny.

To me it seems like clutch slip.  But I have never had a clutch that sounds like that when it slips.  This sounds like its being forced into gear under moderate acceleration.

I took it for a drive to see what he meant and the clutch pedal has 0 pressure so I started with the obvious : bleed it.  Bled fine, lots of fluid.  while bleeding it I found that I could disengage the clutch quite easily by moving the clutch fork with my fingers.  My first thought is the slave is pooched.

He is on a low budget so before I start replacing parts on a whim, I wanted to get some input.

Clutch and pressure plate are known good (used for <1000km before rebuild).  Throwout bearing is making a bit of noise

[Allen fong]

broken fork?

[John Hartman]

+1 on the fork.

Crawl under the front of the car, pull that little rubber boot off the tranny where the clutch fork sticks out of the bellhousing and acts on the slave cylinder.

Have someone push on the clutch pedal slowly down until the pedal is on the floor.  Have them hold it there for 30 seconds or so

Watch the fork move.  If it moves the full stroke and stays there fully for the whole time the hydraulics are good.