clutch issue help - mini coop

[CrawlinTBSS]

ok weve gotten the motor back in evans car and its runs and has been for few days now but we cant figure out his issues with the trans.

04 mini cooper s fwd - new stock clutch and flywheel

problem
car starts, runs, and is on the ground. cannot get the car to go in gear while running. not running, it will.

when lifted in the air , running with the brakes applied cannot get it into any gear, but with the brakes off and clutch in you can slip it into gear ( which im guessing is cause no load and basically the syncros are lining up and letting it slip in )

any ideas? its a hydraulic clutch , weve tried bleeding it many times, vac bleed, gravity bled. even did as mini specific, and compressed the slave and such.

with the car in neutral and in the air, the wheels will spin as well which is interesting but is okay sometimes.

Click to read more...

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

this is what happened to my 325is when the t.o. bearing ate shit. i had to drive 40 miles by putting the car in gear with the car off, then turning it on. so every time i had to stop i had to shut off the car. lol then to shift, i just rev matched rather then clutch in.

also on a side note. with the car in the air my tires spin in neutral also.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

i figured its okay since theres no load and its fwd with the axles and all connected right there.

so your throw out is bad? we think it may be the slave somewhere is damaged inside.

this is a brand new clutch, PP, flywheel and TOB

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

Yes my throw out was bad. Replace and all was good.

Slaves are cheap, so I say buy one and swap them.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

got one on the way now.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

still no luck....

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

fixed and runs.

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

what was the issue?

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

slave cylinder wasnt fully bled. your supposed to use some BMW special tool crap to fully compress the slave in and hold it there while bleeding, and first time we did it i guess my buddy didnt compress all the way in, so the clutch was just barely not disengaging, but its all good now. the stock slave was broke so it woulda never worked.