# Clutch issue E36 M3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 9, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-issue-e36-m3/256352 "2011-01-09T20:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![CJRando](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cjrando/32/6369_2.png) [@CJRando](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CJRando)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-issue-e36-m3/256352/3 "2011-01-10T05:32:13Z")
> [@Hello From Clearwater](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hello-from-clearwater/38599/32): > > When you removed the gearbox, did you open the bleeder to relieve the residual pressure before dropping the slave off the gearbox? Those slave cylinders are finiky as fuck. Very easy to blow the seal out on them while changing the clutch by having the push rod come out too far. > > Were/are you 100% sure you got the push rod engaged into the fork dimple in the bellhousing? > > Pedal STAY on the floor? > > What clutch did you put back in? Aftermarket crap(like UUC) OEM stuff? > > There’s also the chance that you cycled fluid from the master if you didn’t relieve the pressure. The system is a weird closed loop system that has fluid bypass for hot expansion of the fluid. It can be a bitch to bleed w/o a power bleeder, then other times cause no fuss at all. I didn’t open the bleeder to relieve the pressure prior to removing the engine/transmission. My wife got in the car to steer it, when I pushed it out of the garage, she pressed the clutch without the transmission being in the car. The piston/rod shot out of the slave, but did not leak any fluid. The rod is in the divot of the fork. I replaced the clutch with a Sachs OEM replacement. The pedal is stuck on the floor unless I pull it up using a lot of force. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/clutch-issue-e36-m3/256352)._