Sorry for the long read but I really need help.

OK I have been working on cars all my life and didn't even think twice about doing my own clutch job. Well everything that could have went wrong went wrong. Nothing major (until the end), just things that made the job take a lot longer than it should. This is a CM stage 3 clutch using the stock flywheel.

So fast forward to start up after the tranny is back in. I go to start the car and the clutch pedal would not go down at all. I suspected the slave did not go into the "dimple" in the fork. Got a "snake camera" and peeped into the peep hole above the starter and sure enough the rod was not in the dimple. So I take out and re-install the slave and confirm it is positioned correctly.

I go in the car and press the clutch. The clutch goes down easy but stuck to the floor. I thought maybe there was no pressure in the system and will start it do build the pressure. I start the car and there was a very faint rattle for the first 3 seconds and then a loud rattle/clanking so I shut the car off as quickly as I could. Now when I press the clutch down it only goes down half way (it does pop back up when I let go of the clutch though). Another thing I thought I would mention is the even with the clutch not pressed in I can shift the gear lever into any gear easily.
The only thing I can think of is maybe the two contact points on the fork are not on the correct spot on the release bearing (I.E. the release bearing twisted while the fork is in the right spot)? I couldn't really snake the camera to get a look visually. But why the hell would it have make that noise?

I am so frustrated after working so many hours on this thing. And now I feel really bad for it taking up my friends hoist for so long. Thank you guys very much for any suggestions!!!!!!!!

 

You sure you got the pivot shaft in all the way? sounds like you broke a ear off the trans.

 

Ouch if true ^^

 

By "ear" do you mean one of the two holes the fork pivot shaft go into? If so the shaft went in the right amount and there was a positive stop of the shaft so I dont think one broke off. Also dont remember seeing an issue there when looking with the camera but I will take another look when I work on it again tomorrow.

 

Took a quick look with the snake camera and the two holes where the fork pivot shaft go into are still in tact. Thank god.

I will check tomorrow with the camera to see how the release bearing situated in relation to the fork.