The clutch on my 2000 5spd seems to be getting progressively stiffer as time goes on, to the point where it's becoming a hassle to drive. The truck has 105k on it and as far as I know its the stock clutch. As with most 5spds the bushings for the clutch spring wore out long ago so I removed the factory spring and replaced it with a low-pull linear spring. A few weeks ago I bled and replaced the clutch fluid but that didn't seem to help. Both the master and slave cylinders show no leaks.
Do other people find the clutch on their 3rd gen to be significantly heaver than most manual transmission vehicles?
Any ideas on what else to look at? It's possible that these trucks just have heavy clutches, but I'm starting to wonder if my master cylinder is not working at 100% or if there is friction when sliding the clutch on the output shaft.
Thanks.
- Matt