boosh
28th April 2014, 01:25 AM
Well just had a terrible day.
Last week my clutch, or what I presumed to be my clutch, gave out.
It was slipping a lot, couldn't get out of my driveway. We could here it grinding and the smell...
Ordered a new clutch. Went with Exedy heavy duty.
Using a hoist and a jack, we got the old clutch out quite easily. The flywheel we didn't replace for two reasons, lack of funds and its still in very good shape.
The pressure plate on the old clutch on the other hand was in terrible shape. It had lost all its texture and you could see it had been very hot. The clutch plate didn't look terrible, but quite bad still. Had a few spots on the t/m side that were quite glossy. It was obviously slipping on the t/m side.
So anyway, we put the new clutch and pressure plate on. New spigot bearing. And after multiple attempts, we got the gearbox back up and bolted on.
Everything went very well actually, not as difficult as I was expecting.
Now the bad news:
It's still slipping! Can hear the grinding and it sounds and feels no different to before!
Out of desperation we bled the fluid that didn't change anything. We checked the clutch lever, we thought it may be getting stuck and not coming back all the way, but we can move it easily with our hands all the way back.
We now have no idea what could be happening. Our next step is to take it all out again and check it all. Unless someone here can shed some light...
Thanks guys!
Last week my clutch, or what I presumed to be my clutch, gave out.
It was slipping a lot, couldn't get out of my driveway. We could here it grinding and the smell...
Ordered a new clutch. Went with Exedy heavy duty.
Using a hoist and a jack, we got the old clutch out quite easily. The flywheel we didn't replace for two reasons, lack of funds and its still in very good shape.
The pressure plate on the old clutch on the other hand was in terrible shape. It had lost all its texture and you could see it had been very hot. The clutch plate didn't look terrible, but quite bad still. Had a few spots on the t/m side that were quite glossy. It was obviously slipping on the t/m side.
So anyway, we put the new clutch and pressure plate on. New spigot bearing. And after multiple attempts, we got the gearbox back up and bolted on.
Everything went very well actually, not as difficult as I was expecting.
Now the bad news:
It's still slipping! Can hear the grinding and it sounds and feels no different to before!
Out of desperation we bled the fluid that didn't change anything. We checked the clutch lever, we thought it may be getting stuck and not coming back all the way, but we can move it easily with our hands all the way back.
We now have no idea what could be happening. Our next step is to take it all out again and check it all. Unless someone here can shed some light...
Thanks guys!