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abhinav_kr
08-21-2009, 11:03 PM
HI,

I have toyota yaris make 2002. When I purchased this, there was a sound while pressing the clutch and it was very hard. I changed the master cylinder and the sound was gone but I still feel the clutch very hard to press.
Clutch seems fine/easy when I start the car. After driving a mile or half, clutch start feeling hard.

What could be the reason?
RacerFreakXXX
08-21-2009, 11:31 PM
what do you mean by hard? like stiff like a race car clutch or just so hard it feels like it's locked up and you'll brake it?

are you the original owner of the car? if not was the car modified or did you have any work done to the car?
Shroomster
08-22-2009, 02:00 AM
did you bleed the master and clutch slave cylinders?
abhinav_kr
08-22-2009, 04:22 PM
It's just the stiff clutch. The bitting point is not very low. I don't press the full pedal to change the gear.
It's problem when I have to wait on traffic signals and it's very difficult to keep clutch pedal depressed for a while.

I am not the first owner of the car.
Treyz
08-22-2009, 08:48 PM
Depends .. was the car modified by its previous owner? It just could be a higher pressure plate or it could be something mechanical. Post up pics too whaile your at it.
RacerFreakXXX
08-22-2009, 10:33 PM
lol, that's exactly what I want in my yaris. Sounds like they changed the clutch, imo. It should allow you to shift faster and yes it does suck in heavy traffic.

IMO just work out your legs a bit and get used to it. That or bring it to a mechanic and get charged up the but in expenses and replace everything including the clutch.
TLyttle
08-22-2009, 10:35 PM
Doesn't make sense to me: if it is easy when cold, and gets hard after use, something is wrong. Clear to me that heat is the culprit, but how, I don't really know...
RacerFreakXXX
08-22-2009, 10:47 PM
if it is defiantly hot and cold, fluids expand in the heat, so it must be something to do with your fluids in the line or cylinder.
TLyttle
08-24-2009, 10:49 PM
Hm. Maybe there is a stuck relief valve iin the system someplace, likely the master cylinder...
mik23
06-29-2016, 07:58 AM
its clutch cable lub it
Rigaud
06-29-2016, 08:08 AM
its clutch cable lub it

7 years later!!! lmao