i've got a 97 Hyundai Elantra GLS with a manual transmision. this
afternoon when i went to leave i pushed in the clutch and the car
started fine, i then put it into reverse and pulled out into my
driveway then i put it into neutral and rolled down my driveway into
the street. then i pushed the clutch with the intention to shift into
first, but the pedal wont depress. It will go down about half an inch
and thenwont go any further. The clutch/brake fluid level is just a
little below max so i dont think that is the problem.

i thought maybe there was something under my dash obstructing the
pedals movement because that is what it feels like. i got under the
dash and screwed around with it for a while but nothing helped. the
pedal itself isnt being obstructed by anything. i detached the pedal
from the rod thing that it pushes and the pedal itself moves around
fine so my theory is wrong.

has anyone experienced this before?
what might the problem be?
where should i start?

"" wrote:
Clutches fail in a number of ways. This CAN be one of them. I suspect
you are going to be needing one. You can break a spring or a finger
and that can jam the clutch. If it’s a hydraulic system let others
post about the possibility of a slave or master cylinder being seized.

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Good call. The system is hydraulic, but a likely cause is a messed
up clutch disc with a damper spring that fell out and is now jammed
up. Or the release bearing is seized/fell off the fork.

<cselby (AT) mts (DOT) net> wrote

thrown out? s