I cannot push the clutch. Not sure what it is.

1998 FORD RANGER
138,000 MILES • 2.4L • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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BKM564
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Had to go to town and the truck was fine. When I left the store the clutch pedal was sticking and I had to pull it up with my foot. The third time I stalled the truck. Now I cannot push the clutch. Not sure what it is.
Dec 11, 2017 at 7:09 AM
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KASEKENNY
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More than likely you have a failure in the slave cylinder or throw out bearing. What happens is when this fails the clutch pedal will not have the ability to return or press back out against your foot.

Either way you have to remove the unit to fix this so I would suggest just changing out the whole clutch.

Here are some guides that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/clutch-doesnt-work-sometimes-or-not-at-all

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/pilot-bearing-replacement

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/throw-out-bearing-replacement

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-clutch

Below you will find the info from the manual that will help with this.

Please run through this info and let us know what happens. Thanks
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