Hubby owns a 1998 Subaru Forester, we've had this car for 5 years now and several legacys beforehand
I have a fair bit of mechanical knowledge after traning to be a mechanic on leaving school and the husband has a fair bit of mechanical knowledge too but this has us stumped
we lost all gears in our forester a couple of weeks back with no warning, it went again for a couple of miles then completely died and we ended up bringing her back on a low loader.
Anyway on inspection waiting for recovery we discovered a split clutch hose! We assumed that was the problem and ordered a new one Had to wait for the part to arrive (imported a genuine Subaru part from USA as was still cheaper than local main dealer wanted (was unavailable from other local motor factor company's)
well anyway new pipe fitted today, clutch system bleed, same way as it was done after changing the clutch a few year back, (the whole one person opening and closing bleed valve, up down pump pump etc of the pedal by the other person but now the clutch does not seem to be disengaging, we are just getting grinding when trying to put it in any gear including reverse when running. (The gears will go in no problem with engine not running)
Anyone had this problem ? And have a solution, sorry my first post is an ask btw.
Thinking of re bleeding again tommorow in the hope that there's still air in the system somewhere as heard these can be a pain to bleed (last time it was fine)
failing that new slave cylinder will be ordered but are we on the right lines?
Could it be the clutch fork? Heard these are quite common, although it does appear to be moving as it should when bleeding and hubby can feel the tinyest amount of play but unable to move it by hand so from this end it looks good!
or are we missing something ?
