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Synchro909 · 01-18-2020, 08:33 PM

It seems you only get this car every now and then so you're in no hurry. Try putting some penetrating oil on the input shaft where the throwout bearing slides and leave it to do its work, maybe adding a little more every now and then. If it is stuck there, it may loosen things up enough to get a little movement. I doubt it would be a cure but it would isolate the culprit.
Another potential place for seizure is the lower clutch shaft in the bell housing or clutch pedal on its shaft. I'd do the same treatment on those places too.
How much pressure were you putting on the clutch pedal?

01-18-2020, 08:33 PM	#2
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Clutch stuck It seems you only get this car every now and then so you're in no hurry. Try putting some penetrating oil on the input shaft where the throwout bearing slides and leave it to do its work, maybe adding a little more every now and then. If it is stuck there, it may loosen things up enough to get a little movement. I doubt it would be a cure but it would isolate the culprit. Another potential place for seizure is the lower clutch shaft in the bell housing or clutch pedal on its shaft. I'd do the same treatment on those places too. How much pressure were you putting on the clutch pedal? __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.