Clutch sticks When cold

[boggz412]

So long story short. The clutch sticks when cold. It only happens when I fully push in the clutch though. When it does stick,I just have to tap it hard and it will come back out. When the car warms up, all of this goes away. My slave and master seem fine and I just fixed my pedal box that had a crack. I heard somewhere that if you don't have a clutch stop (I don't since auto to manny swap) you can ruin the slave since it will push out to far and tear the seals. The clutch makes a screechy noise when releasing the pedal too. And not to long ago 3 of the bolts that hold the tranny to the block fell out. I put them all back in and torqued them so I don't know if this would effect anything (damn owner before me seemed to have not torqued anything). Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

[jlevie]

The screeching noise when releasing the clutch suggests a problem in the bell housing. And a problem there could be the cause of the clutch sticking.

[boggz412]

The screeching noise when releasing the clutch suggests a problem in the bell housing. And a problem there could be the cause of the clutch sticking.

So I'm looking at removing the tranny?! And what should I look for.

[jlevie]

Yep the transmission is going to have to come out. The throwout bearing is probably bad, the pilot bearing may be bad, the pressure plate sounds iffy, and the pivot pin may be bad. Inspect everything and replace what is worn.