Fyi: Trouble Selecting Gears

[jeffworld2]

Hi all

Just had a problem with my r33 which got progressively worse over maybe 200km of driving.

Started off it was getting hard to select a gear with the engine running, then i was fighting to push through the gates. ended up with pedak to the floor it would stall when trying to put it in first or grind instead of reverse... great

I bled the clutch properly hoping to get more travel in the pedal as from under the car it looked inconsistent at the operating cylinder, bled over and over trying to figure it out then when chasing leaks i noticed the top of the clutch pedal was travelling back towards you as you pushed it in.

The pedal mount had cracked at the spot welds. Good mate tigged it back up after removing it and now the clutch feels more direct than it has for a while.

Much cheaper than pulling the gearbox to do synchros

[08r3308]

how hard is pedal to remove?

would nismo one be worthwhile or just weld original one?

[ARTZ]

yeah i was looking at them too only 149$ on ebayz......but are they any better than a welded one?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NISMO-REINFORCED-CL...=item255a48bd80

[R31 POWER]

Takes like 30mins to remove for a first timer. Very easy.

[jeffworld2]

Its the 2 clutch cylinder bolts and one up the top of the bracket under the dash, and one pin for the pedal to the piston rod.

I pulled the dash cluster out but you could do it all from underneath if you had to. I didnt know what was there so i made it so i can see.

Nismo one may be stronger, but at the same time i dont see how i could break this one after its been tigged up. Factory one is held by a couple of spot welds only but obviously lasts for others

[CeJay]

It'll probably snap again, mine snapped once, was welded up, snapped again on the other side a few years later, replaced it with a second hand unit.

[DVS JEZ]

so when u re weld it brace it on both sides

[jeffworld2]

yup, we basically seamed it with the tig. Its going nowhere