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I am having problems with my clutch. 1st its not as easy on the pedal, it has become hard on the pedal. What do I need to do to fix this?
Second, my clutch catches the gear later when the a/c is on. Is that with all cars?
Some feed back from you guys would help!!!!

 
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1st is not easy on the pedal... that would lead me to believe, that a pump or solenoid are going out somewhere and it can't maintain the proper hydraulic pressure at idle, this could also explain why the A/C is throwing your clutch off. Have you checked your fluid level? The next step would be drive it until it something so that it is more easily to diagnose.

 
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i have added fluids, and it hasnt done anything, i was informed by autozone personal that it might be that the slave cylinder is not working. what do you think about that? do you have any suggestion on how to check it?

 
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when you added fluid, i assume you added dot 3 brake fluid to your brake master cylinder reservoir. did you notice that it was low? if it was, you have a leak somewhere. this would definately cause a lack of hydraulic pressure and prevent the clutch from fully disengaging... resulting in grinding gears.

now, onto the slave cylinder... it can be found just to the left of your exhaust manifold down on your clutch housing. it looks like this:



slave cylinder problems are quite common in 7thgens. normally, people complain of them squeaking and the fix is to apply some lithium grease to both ends of the pushrod - where it contacts the clutch release fork and the piston. only in the most extreme cases do people report complete mechanical failure of the slave cylinder (ie. broken pushrod resulting in the clutch pedal resting casually on the car floor)... but normally, this is only after several months or even years of ignoring the squeak.

if you were low on fluid, i would closely inspect the hydraulic fittings on both your slave and master cylinder (follow the hose from the bottom of where you filled it up the reservoir).

if you weren't low on fluid i would grab a buddy and have him pump your clutch (while the car is off) and check the movement of your slave cylinders pushrod against the clutch release fork... this will be underneath the rubber boot just to the left of the cylinder. don't be afraid to pop the boot off to the side, it is easy to put it back. you may want to take a 10mm socket and a ratchet w/ a decent extension to the bolt holding the wire harness bracket on... this will help you get your hands in there.

if it feels loose or moves one way, but not back the other way on it's own, then you've found your problem.

also, if you feel a lot of vibration on your hydraulic line, it could be an indication that your master cylinder is going out (there was a TSB on this and Honda was replacing them under warranty).

if you decide to check this out, lemme know how it goes...

good luck!

 
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^^^^^^ good info

let us know if you try this and how it works.

 
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I didnt but dot 3 break fluid in the slave cylinder but instead i filled it with manual transmition fluid that the personal from autozone sold me. I wasnt even low on none of the cylinders, master cylinder is on half, and so is the slave. Yes my pedal is making squeeky noise for about several months. I will go to my dealership and let them fix it, cuz i have transmition under warranty, unless they make an excuse, like the clutch is not part of transmition and there for we cant fix it. If it does turn out that way I will take your advice and fix it my self.

 
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I need to grease my clutch, youngin.