CLUTCH PEDAL RETURN SPRING FRACTURED. GMC Truck S15 Pickup

SUBJECT: CLUTCH PEDAL RETURN SPRING FRACTURED (REMOVE SPRING)

MODELS: 1988-94 CHEVROLET AND GMC TRUCK C/K AND S/T MODELS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION

CONDITION:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT THAT THEY HEAR A POP OR SCRAPE NOISE, OR FEEL A CATCH AS THEY DEPRESS THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THEY MAY ALSO COMMENT THAT THE CLUTCH PEDAL RETURN SPRING IS FRACTURED. THIS SPRING IS LOCATED AT THE CLUTCH PEDAL PIVOT.

CAUSE:

SPRING FATIGUE RESULTING IN SHORT SERVICE LIFE.

CORRECTION:

REMOVE THE CLUTCH PEDAL RETURN SPRING PIECES AND **DO NOT** REPLACE IT. REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE MANUAL SECTION 7C-CLUTCH, CLUTCH PEDAL REPLACEMENT FOR THE CORRECT PROCEDURE.

TESTING HAS SHOWN THAT THIS SPRING IS NOT NEEDED FOR PROPER CLUTCH PEDAL RETURN OR CLUTCH PEDAL FEEL. THIS SPRING WAS ELIMINATED IN PRODUCTION AS FOLLOWS: - C/K ALL MODELS, MID-1994 MODEL YEAR - S/T PICKUPS, MID-1994 MODEL YEAR - S/T UTILITIES, START OF PRODUCTION 1995 MODEL YEAR

WARRANTY INFORMATION:

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE:

LABOR OP DESCRIPTION LABOR TIME K0100 SPRING, CLUTCH PEDAL USE PUBLISHED RETURN - REPLACE LABOR OPERATION TIME

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