The Clutch Pedal Slams To the Floor!

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The Clutch Pedal Slams To the Floor!

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This MK4 GTI has the clutch pedal slamming to the floor. This is likely the slave cylinder failing. For this one, the transmission needs to be removed from the GTI to replace it. Since we are that close, I will also be doing timing chains on this VR6 #shorts #vr6 #humblemechanic
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@notsureigaf Жыл бұрын

Had this happen on my 240SX many moons ago, limped it home and found the slave cyl blown out. Installed new one, blew immediately. Swapped that with another, also blew out immediately. Figured out the pivot ball for the release fork snapped off. Trans had to come off, $600 job for a $10 part. Man, that sucked.

@bwame Жыл бұрын

My slave cylinder died on my first car, a 1990 Geo Prizm hatchback, while stopped at a busy stoplight. Clutch when straight to the ground. Turned off the car, put it in first, light turned green, turned on the car and went. It was a shitty drive home lol. Loved that little beater of a car.

@b20teamunknown Жыл бұрын

Broke my fork when the clutch when out on one of my Hondas. Couldn't belive how hard it was to find a clutch fork for that car. Luckily a shop I used to hang UT at had one laying around for whatever random reason.

@justintime5375 Жыл бұрын

Had the exact same thing happen when i had a 91 240sx , I did it myself but it sucked pulling the trans immediately back out.

@boblouis972 Жыл бұрын

Had the same happen to my 03’ 350z when I first got it, went to do a 1-2 shift and pedal went straight to the floor, luckily I was only a mile from the house, so I started it in 3rd and was able to limp her home, 9 hours of work over 2 days getting that transmission of for the first time just to replace a $18 pivot ball, but it’s such a common issue on those they make a chromoly steel replacement

@boblouis972 Жыл бұрын

@Ptoki1 Жыл бұрын

"the extra pedal" lmfao

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

;)

@prc7148 8 ай бұрын

Well.. in america it is an extra pedal😂

@ForestCounter 8 ай бұрын

Exactly 😆

@vuurkoning 8 ай бұрын

In my country it's called "de embrayage"@@HumbleMechanic

@DarkAttack14 5 ай бұрын

My first thought was it ain't extra if you can't drive without it lol... But you also kinda can if you're good at driving stick

@johndeerekid167 Жыл бұрын

My clutch outlived the rod bearings at 600k km

@turbobrowar2170 3 ай бұрын

I thought that 450kkm was a lot to do on one clutch

@johndeerekid167 3 ай бұрын

@@turbobrowar2170 not if you drive very little in the city.

@Alex-se3uy Жыл бұрын

Love those VR6 gtis

@otacon5648 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic and un-noticed sarcasm

@thejoneseys Жыл бұрын

I do love a MK4 Golf!

@Rlip Жыл бұрын

That’s a sweet looking vr6!

@TravTato Жыл бұрын

That happen to me, problem fixed by replacing the clutch master cylinder.

@Warkilla007 8 ай бұрын

What about the slave cylinder

@edgarbatista1856 7 ай бұрын

how you did it

@ianeric4205 4 ай бұрын

The clutch master cylinder

@RE™™ Жыл бұрын

We all all know what that STUUU TUTUTUTU noise was... Ain't fooling us 😉 #BOV

@747simmer4 Жыл бұрын

if only it had a turbo

@thecoolguy9364 Жыл бұрын

@@747simmer4 i thought the GTIs had a turbo?

@747simmer4 Жыл бұрын

@@thecoolguy9364 they do. but this one is a mk4 gti so i assume it has the vr6

@TriekMan Жыл бұрын

@@747simmer41.8 turbo 20v

@747simmer4 Жыл бұрын

@@TriekMan oh yeaaa, forgot about that

@viktorfruehauf2690 Жыл бұрын

That’s the built in turbo, it’s actually a good thing

@Nash_Benson 3 ай бұрын

Same thing happened with my BMW E34 except for it was a line from the fluid reservoir to the clutch master cylinder

@lupulflamand5673 Жыл бұрын

I had the clutch, flywheel and drive shaft replaced on my 99' mk4 golf TDI and it ain't come cheap. Now it's at a body shop to get a new passenger side sill. The rust ate it entirely.

@amirmajid1366 Жыл бұрын

Unlucky! Mk4 golf floorpans and sills are usually amazing. I have a '98 mk4 1.4 ahw that has spent it's whole life in the UK. Salt roads and a lot of rain yet there is not a spec of rust on the car.

@inkman6964 3 ай бұрын

Clutch slave cylinder inside the gearbox is exactly what that is

@luistoc7894 3 ай бұрын

Can you do a tutorial of how you changed the release bearing? I need some help on that

@BWalker-yg9en 8 ай бұрын

I got a free Nissan d21 because the clutch was stuck on the floor and the couple thought it needed a transmission. $11 slave cylinder and I drove it home. It sat in their driveway 10 years because of it.😂

@Jonnesdeknost Жыл бұрын

Got a golf 4 too, 385.000km

@goonygaming3390 Жыл бұрын

You’re gonna see a lot of these problems

@ethandanecki7835 Жыл бұрын

@@goonygaming3390 you have zero idea what ur on about kid😂

@justussneary19 Жыл бұрын

Mines at 175k miles, and I just had to get a whole new transmission after my old one blew up

@uplerr 4 ай бұрын

@@justussneary19 270k miles on mine, runs like its still 1999. just do the maintenance.

@groggysword33 Жыл бұрын

That noise of the pedal slapping the firewall brings back memories… I had an 89’ prelude, and the brake master cylinder had a leak. It would be random but some days my pedal would do that exact thing if you even tapped it with your toe…

@gergleshmerf3544 Жыл бұрын

manual swapped my prelude a few weeks ago! so of course heard this happen a bunch while bleeding the clutch

@tonysalazar956 Жыл бұрын

If that didn't fix it there's a plastic piece called over center spring mount they sell it on ecs tuning they tend to break after awhile it's plastic

@MartinX192 8 ай бұрын

Its not so much an extra pedal than most cars are missing this essential best feature

@dionsyran2 3 ай бұрын

Sounds and works just fine

@ugandangamer 3 ай бұрын

Damn, thats a sweet looking GTI.

@brentsnocomgaming7813 Жыл бұрын

That happened to me on my mk5 right after I bought it, thankfully it just needed new brake/clutch fluid (they share a reservoir)

@Warkilla007 3 ай бұрын

Did the clutch come back ?

@brentsnocomgaming7813 3 ай бұрын

@@Warkilla007 25k miles later, clutch is still fine. I even tuned it up to around 300lbft torque and it still holds no problem.

@darkik7776 Жыл бұрын

Hey my clutch did this once. Was easy to find the problem because everything broke. the clutch blew into peices and bearing was roast and at pressure plate and flywheel went to shit as well. O don't forget about the clutch slave cylinder as well.

@Aser6000 3 ай бұрын

This happened on my mk4 as well, but it was the pedal itself that was broken. The release bearing failed and the balls came out and jammed the clutch release mechanism and made the clutch pedal rock hard. In trying to get the card home, I was pressing on the pedal so hard that one of the welds on the pedal failed. This was on the older 02K gearbox.

@KubrickMkUltra Жыл бұрын

Standard on the 6 speed input shaft bearing and casing wear the feedback back through the clutch cauaes the slave to wear.

@green41011 8 ай бұрын

Same problem on my probe. I was told it was something to do with the crutch assembly.

@garystarks3616 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos they help me to learn about the vehicles I work on and am passionate about

@5uhai6 5 ай бұрын

I miss my mk4 gti.

@danielprevratil3149 Жыл бұрын

Had this happen on my MK4, it was real fun floating gears 40km back home and to my mechanic, he was really surprised that I made and then that I can shift without a clutch haha

@Professional_Youtube_Commenter 6 ай бұрын

i had this same thing. it was the pusher stick that is shapped like a finger which pushes the rod through the gearbox and onto the clutch. The finger cracked after years and years of use. The mechanics were really surprised because it was such a odd failure. They thought it was the clutch slave or clutch install failture which they did. But it turns out it was a completely new issue.

@brianH45 Жыл бұрын

My Mk6 TDI did that last year at around 80,000 miles. I did a slight upgrade while I was in there

@mvlachi Жыл бұрын

My 14 Jetta tdi has been sitting like this for about a year now with a cover on it. The pedal goes to the floor, and I can go through the gears while the car is running, without the clutch pedal working

@JOZOHOS_008 Жыл бұрын

My dream car

@joanstehlik235 Жыл бұрын

That's some real fine engineering right there😂

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

Concentric slaves? Just about everything with a manual uses them now and for years.

@jaybeemhardscrote7466 Жыл бұрын

I guess if youre getting at the clutch may as well do them chains too. In my Jetta I'm probably going to put in a clutch while im there doing the chains. Just easier.

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

100% will be doing chains

@TestECull Жыл бұрын

ALWAYS put a clutch kit in a car whenever you seperate engine from manual trans. You've already gotten access to it you might as well change it while you're in there.

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

Always? No

@maxly501 Жыл бұрын

@@HumbleMechanicin most cases why not

@michaelhorsman3380 Жыл бұрын

Thought it was on belts not chains?

@teamistro5270 Жыл бұрын

New fear for my MK4

@Johnnyeatsitall 8 ай бұрын

Just sold my 03 TDI 5 speed new beetle ❤ 390k miles with many ECS goodies, i miss her already.

@-Yurkey 9 ай бұрын

Yup... My VW Caddy did this, left me stranded in the middle of nowhere 🤗

@milescarter7803 Жыл бұрын

Replace when transmission is out. At least quote them for it. Saves money long run

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Even if it looks fine for what an absolute pain in the ass it is to get to it's worth replacing. Edit: though in this case the bearing to be shimmed is accessed under a cover on the end of the gearbox.

@drnastey Жыл бұрын

Just did a set of chains on an 07 passat. I don't know how you volkswagen guys work on these things so often. They make my brain itch 😂

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

Lol that’s fair

@MirrorCyro Жыл бұрын

OBS Ford does that but its just a plastic bushing connected to the pedal right by your feet. $5 replacement too

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

That's a pedal box issue. Not related.

@itz_hunted3788 Жыл бұрын

The clutch pedal aggressively hitting the firewall gives me PTSD from when I had to do multiple clutch master cylinders on 7th gen accords. Hands down one of the worst jobs I’ve ever done. I’m lucky because I have teeny hands and long fingers and can fit my hand in the area where the body, firewall, and clutch master cylinder all connect

@gregdennis3523 Жыл бұрын

Just change the master and slave cylinders and a really good bleed. And hope it's not the line.

@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount 3 ай бұрын

Smart to do the chain while in there. That’s another 200k with good maintenance and several years of motoring.

@thehidden.756 Жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to my Mk6 Fiesta.

@Atrociousa3 2 ай бұрын

Mine went out last week. Just put the new one in last night. Just need to bleed the system

@ivoivanov4467 Жыл бұрын

The extra pedal 😄

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

;)

@Solvablevoice70 Жыл бұрын

"The extra pedal" must be the most American thing I've heard all day!

@OsiDio Жыл бұрын

How is that american?

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

@@OsiDio How is it not?! 😂

@Pubgshorts_mushroom 8 ай бұрын

Thu fluid leaked out completely ,the clutch alave was leaking above the bell housing.

@dickbutt7854 11 ай бұрын

I had the o-ring in the clutch bearing assembly on my mk7 fail in the middle of winter, as a massive snowstorm was rolling in. Car had 20,000 miles on it, so I was a little furious.

@trackingwithcynthia 27 күн бұрын

Hello, would the master cylinder and slave cylinder giving out be a bigger issue (i.e. clutch could need to be replaced?)

@HumbleMechanic 27 күн бұрын

the master is usually separate and near the pedal. The slave/release is often the same part. It really depends on the car.

@trackingwithcynthia 27 күн бұрын

@@HumbleMechanic thanks! 🙏

@TechX1320 4 ай бұрын

I had a 140,000 mile MK4 Jetta, I couldn't put it in the gear anymore, thought it was the slave cylinder or bearing, sold the car to a friend for 500 bucks because I couldn't afford to fix it at the time. When he pulled the transmission off, the pressure plate had three teeth just broken straight off and we're just floating around in the transmission. Have you ever seen this before? He said in all his years doing automotive mechanics, he'd never seen that happen to a pressure plate

@DavidHansen725 Жыл бұрын

This happened to my 95 VR6 GTI as well. I didn't have any visible links though, so just went ahead and replaced both master and slave cylinders.

@callumcurtis15 Жыл бұрын

That was the biggest issue i had with my audi a3, had the slave cylinder go and the connection to the master cylinder randomly popped off .

@TrolldaMeir Жыл бұрын

had this exact issue at 96000 km in a 2015 gti

@lukethompson-owen7534 Жыл бұрын

for those thinking this is a gti mk4 golf, its not. its an r32 or a 4motion v6 due to the engine clip showing the vw vr6 engine and due to the sound of the car

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

This car is a Brazil built US spec GTI. They labeled it a GTI in the NAR

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

@@HumbleMechanic I was wondering! Is it also AWD like the UK/Euro spec Golf R32?

@skyalert32 8 ай бұрын

Happened to me once with my 2015 tsi. It was a defective part so I got it replaced under warranty. Definitely not fun waiting on the side of the road for an hour though.

@Ryandaman1216 Жыл бұрын

This happened to my mk6 golf tdi, i pressure bled the clutch and it was good to go. It was super annoying to drive though, had to lift up the pedal after every shift

@teodorjovanoski2354 8 ай бұрын

Of course it does that golf problem 😂😂 (my golf had that problem 3 times)

@fluffand30fps Жыл бұрын

My mk4 vr6 used to blow its slave cylinder on the clutch every 5k miles. That sunken peddle brings back so many bad memories of that car😂 still best car I've ever owned

@guerrinlove69 3 ай бұрын

I became wayyyy too good at changing slave cylinders in my na miata. Always keep a spare in the passenger floorboard, and my 8mm wrench in the center console. 5 minutes was my quickest change. I chalk it down to bad part manufacturing because i havent replaced one in 3 years

@TheProphetBot Жыл бұрын

This happened to my car last sunday exept it was the clutch cable. all fixed now thankfully

@BlackRabbitt92 8 ай бұрын

One day I did a dry pavement burnout in my e36, next day got in and the pedal did exactly that. It was only my slave cyl though

@robertborchert932 Жыл бұрын

Oh damn! The extra pedal quit working. Time to open that hood and go where the magic happens.

@garthor Жыл бұрын

Ooh, had that happen to me once while I was driving. Was crazy scary... :D

@MrMicahMane Жыл бұрын

Getting timing chains done on my 92 Lincoln town car, after that gonna save some hydraulics 😎

@100Aces Жыл бұрын

200,000 miles? That’s CUTE! My MK4 Golf TDI has 385,000ish miles on the clock! And only it’s second clutch, pressure plate, and throw out bearing.

@Viktor43103 15 күн бұрын

i have the same but i have brake fluid in the reservoir still no sign of metal in there and it sure doesn't sound like in the movie here. have a vr5a, however, I think it could be in my case the slave cylinder, but I'm a little unsure, what do you think? Best regards Viktor

@FooDerr Жыл бұрын

“Here let me shi- OH LAWD”

@fattmouth7715 Жыл бұрын

Had a similar situation with a 2003 beetle recently and the clutch release arm had snapped at its weakest point right where it touches the release bearing. The clutch was fine. I guess it just failed due to fatigue,however, I replaced everything.

@NostalgiaHDOS Жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly what happened with my fiat 500t

@hammy1988 8 ай бұрын

Could also be that notorious white clip on the pedal the secures the rod. done a few of them 😔

@walterhankin46 Жыл бұрын

Yeh i let amco change my fiat clutch once, cost me the price of a honda beat after tax and title, came out making that same noise…. Learned a lot this january 😅

@Pablanguillas 4 ай бұрын

Your typical GTI with 6 cilinders 😂

@Youtubeduude Жыл бұрын

Apparently this is a really common issue among mk iv’s. I got it on my beetle and there had to be like 20 posts on vwvortex for jettas and golfs

@dr.potato_aim3254 Жыл бұрын

I just had I similar problem on a wrx it just needed a clutch fluid line. There was a Crack and air got In to the system.

@jerseyboycustoms Жыл бұрын

Lmao as soon as i saw that pedal hit the deck that hard i thought "hey thats a VW" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 such a weirdly specific vw thing. Even in every other vehicles that have had failing clutch systems, ive never quite had them SLAM to the floor board quite like that if at all

@BOB10140 Жыл бұрын

Why would you not replace the release bearing when repairing the transmission? That's a lot of extra labour for a relatively inexpensive part.

@HumbleMechanic Жыл бұрын

Because the repair wasn’t a transmission out job. The release bearing is.

@BabyFaceP 8 ай бұрын

I can smell the interior that car from here. Whole pack of Crayola.

@Mattds3212 Жыл бұрын

This happened on my MK4 Jetta but it was the brake master cylinder. If I had my foot resting on the clutch the littlest bit and hit the brakes it would suck it right to the floor 😂

@defcotheone3241 3 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the "extra pedal".

@luistoc7894 Ай бұрын

Please I need some advice for a bearing release replacement 😢😢

@chriswatson2407 Жыл бұрын

'There Extra Pedal'

@stevenoe6395 3 ай бұрын

U fixed the input shaft but dint replace the clutch chats crazy. Why wouldn't you have a new cluch when the transmission was out to fix the imput shaft bearing.

@HumbleMechanic 3 ай бұрын

Well since the transmission wasn’t out not sure what to tell ya 🤷‍♂️

@stevenoe6395 3 ай бұрын

Well unless u fixed the input shapt bearing on the drive shaft side how do u fix shim a pilot bearing without taking out the transmission

@HumbleMechanic 3 ай бұрын

It’s on the back side of the transmission. Pop the cover off and fix it

@addieshank5438 7 ай бұрын

if you had the trans off why didnt you put a new clutch kit and throwout bearing on it anyway

@HumbleMechanic 7 ай бұрын

Didn’t have the trans out. Last repair was in the car

@masonpugh3637 8 ай бұрын

I've got a 2000 Cabrio and it has a 178000 but the synchronizers went out only have First second third

@takenusername 8 ай бұрын

I wish I didn’t live in a neighborhood If I had the space to park several cars, I’d own a cheap manual and put all sorts of after market parts in it.

@dominikkozela9763 Жыл бұрын

In the States is the GTI a FWD 1.8T or 24V 2.8 VR6? In Europe the GTI is a 1.8T and we also got a 24V 2.8 VR6 4 Motion.

@Huzaliproductions 8 ай бұрын

3.2 or not?

@rob-123 Жыл бұрын

The stupid plastic push fit pipes also fail on these for the clutch. Was gutted that i had to wait ages for delivery. Why use metal piping with plastic push fittings.

@TheFallenOne1 5 ай бұрын

Oh no the clutch pedal fainted. Anyway i had the same issue with my subie. Turns out the line from the pump to the fork release had a leak and i was losing fluid.

@thestaticjetta2040 3 ай бұрын

When the petal is stuck tot the floor it’s the clutch cable I had that just happen

@HumbleMechanic 3 ай бұрын

It can be. It’s not on this car but it can be

@dirtblurt8623 Жыл бұрын

Slave master same thing happened to my passat

@DatsDone 5 ай бұрын

Why would you not do a clutch disc and pressure plate when you had the gearbox out. Consider its a GTI owner with a heavy right foot.

@HumbleMechanic 5 ай бұрын

Never had it out

@jaydehart2170 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a clutch bleeding video out for the 02m..?

@t.crox.4577 Жыл бұрын

Common fault here is a weld breaking on the pedal. Push rod goes right through pedal

@shadyninja1 Жыл бұрын

I towed a car and my clutch pedal is stuck to the floor. I changed the flywheel, complete clutch system and release bearing early last year with the LUK SYSTEM. Any help.

@iSlaughter207 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you'll respond but what should you watch put for on high mile manual transmission cars

@richmondvand147 Жыл бұрын

lol extra pedal

@chaz_bl3731 Жыл бұрын

Had same problem on a Peugeot 308 checked everything and it turned out pedal had just popped off the end of the master cylinder and clipped it back in good as new