i have a MY01 and got the clutch replaced and for about 3 months it was good. then it would go soft then hard then back to normal. usually goes soft after i ride in a certain gear for about 5 min straight then once i push the clutch in again it goes back to hard to push and feels like it sticks at the bottom of the pedal. i have researched it and i replaced the slave cyl, master cyl gravity bled and also took billman's advice and lubed the fork behind the slave cyl but made sure to not get any on the PP. the only other thing i can think of is tranny fluid...? the master cyl still has full fluid and it never goes down so i know i don't have a leak. the clutch engages and doesn't slip because i was told it could be the release bearing but wouldn't that thing be screaming if it were bad? i'm just about at my breaking point, the car shifts fine its just the damn pedal is possessed. thanks guys

 

ya Im curious too. I have had that issue

 

no one?

 

 

there's no leak.

it shifts just fine.

you're good to go!

i dunno why you get different pedal feel, shouldn't be related to the tranny.

i had different pedal feel when i used a synthetic brake fluid, it got softer...but it's consistent.

what fluid did you use?

 

dot 3 brake non synthetic

 

Slave cylinder push rod sometimes gets a "nipple" on it from the grease being long gone and it grinds in the clutch fork which has a little dimple in it which eventually forms the "nipple" on the push rod. Some have had this problem solved by removing the slave cylinder and simply lightly sanding the "nipple" off of the push rod and regreasing it before replacing in the clutch fork. Hope this helps.

 

i read that also but when i put the new one on i made sure there wasn't a nipple and i used high temp grease. that's why i'm so confused. i have researched and done everything i have found except pulling the tranny which i'm waiting till i start school to do because i won't have to pay for labor then haha. after i put it in gear and get on it hard and shift to second and start letting the tranny slow the car down i push the clutch in to put it inot a gear that i can do the speed limit and the pedal goes back to being fine for about 2 minutes then gets crappy again

 

Strange....
Have you tried lubricating the linkage just above the clutch pedal that connects to the clutch master cylinder?

 

no i'm fat it's hard to get in there and thought that if it was that it would do it all the time