Twice now I have been driving along in my Rush in traffic and found that I'll go to change gear and the clutch will go straight to the floor. The first time I was on a road trip in France and managed to get the front of the car up a high curb and have a look (my bellhousing has a slot cut in it where the release fork is).
The hyrdaulic side worked fine and the fork moved but the clutch release bearing wasn't moving into the clutch far enough to disengage it. The slot in the bellhousing provides just enough space to remove and refit the fork complete with slipper pads and doing this fixed the problem.
I have just got the flat bed of shame back home with exactly the same problem. I have assumed a one off problem had caused it the first time but now I suspect there must be something wrong causing the problem.
What I'd like to know is whether anyone else has had a similar problem or whether perhaps it's a known issue. Without the slot in the bellhousing the engine would have had to come out twice in the last 3 weeks! The only thing I can think of is perhaps I have too much travel in my clutch pedal which in turn forces the fork off the pivot. Am I correct in thinking the only thing holding the fork to the bellhousing is the clip/spring on the pivot?
Thanks for reading. Any advice gratefully received! I can put it back on again but I'd rather fix the cause of the fault rather than breaking down every 1000 miles!
