Acura: Clutch Problem

tlsmooth <com> wrote in
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A spring has popped out of the clutch friction disc. You need a new clutch.

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"" wrote: 

the EXACT same thing happened to my 88 prelude less than a month ago,
and tregger is right, your clutch is none existant... it’s gone, don’t
even bother trying to think that we may be wrong or you don’t need a
new clutch... I hate to say it man, but you’re either sinking a lot of
money into an older ride, or it’s time for you to buy a new one! so
either or ... but probably mostly

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"TeGGeR®" <c0m> wrote in message
news:14.113.17... 
Friends of the family had an Acura (don't know model/year, but it was their
"beater" car) that had the same sort of failure but it turned out the clutch
didn't have springs - it had a rubber damper. The rubber had crumbled and
jammed the clutch. Same concept and same outlook/fix, though. New clutch.
(Assuming the clutch pedal feels normal and doesn't just sink to the floor
with a gentle push, which would point to the clutch master/slave cylinders.
Cheaper and easier in that case.)

Mike

On 21 Jul 2005 23:39:39 -0400, tlsmooth
<com> wrote:
 

Emergency driving to the garage:
Twice the cable clutch of my Porsche broke and I was able to drive the
car to the garage by starting the engine in first gear and change
gears without clutching. Once the speed of the car matches the rpm of
the engine we can change gears without any problem.Before stopping at
the lights we must change to neutral and start the car in first gear
again.

Vlad

Vlad <com> wrote in
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How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch?

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On 28 Jul 2005 00:22:41 GMT, Jim Yanik <gov.> wrote:
 

You crank the starter with it already in first gear. It's a standard
'get you home' for when the clutch cable snaps.
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Dan.

"Dean Dark" <notthis.net> wrote in message
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The clutch safety switch normally watches the pedal, so it doesn't interfere
with starting in gear - just press the useless clutch pedal and start away.

I once drove a load of Boy Scouts over 100 miles home from a hike with a
broken clutch cable. Thank God for freeways!

Mike

"Michael Pardee" <com> wrote in
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What he was doing was TURNING OFF the engine at each stop,and restarting
while in gear,again and again and again.....
Seems rough on the car,I think I'd rather call for a tow.

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