artscot79 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 sorry to say mate but clutches and timing belts i only ever get done at fords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 sorry to say mate but clutches and timing belts i only ever get done at fords I realise why now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 BTW: I am a bit worried about spending £90 on an investigation, and them saying the clutch is fine as at the moment the slipping is very intermittent. It feels bad but if they say it's fine i'm really at a problem because I know it's not. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 youre just gonna have to bite the bullet and have it investigated ide rather pay the 90 than have to buy a new clutch later on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 youre just gonna have to bite the bullet and have it investigated ide rather pay the 90 than have to buy a new clutch later on I will most likely have to buy a new clutch anyway, though, wont I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 not if somethings faulty even a leaking slave cylinder contaminates the clutch plate i had everything replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 not if somethings faulty even a leaking slave cylinder contaminates the clutch plate i had everything replaced hmm yeah, I wonder how they test the clutch. I hope they try everything to test it as it's very intermittent and they could say it's fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying clutchman Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hydraulic problems will not normally make the clutch slip. They will give the opposite symptoms i.e. clutch drag. The is no clutch fork fitted to cars with concentic slaves, that's the whole point of them. There's no short cut to this, the gearbox has to come out and the clutch checked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hydraulic problems will not normally make the clutch slip. They will give the opposite symptoms i.e. clutch drag. The is no clutch fork fitted to cars with concentic slaves, that's the whole point of them. There's no short cut to this, the gearbox has to come out and the clutch checked out. any ideas what it could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artscot79 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 weird since my leaking slave cylinder did make the clutch slip as the oil was on the plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 ive just been out testing it. I've found that it only does it even when I use minimal amount of pressure on the pedal (only in the pedal free play), with my foot off the pedal it doesnt do it. Is this a bleeding issue or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Release bearings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Release bearings? It could be those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 TBH it could be a multitude of things. Best option is to have it checked at a good Independent garage just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks. I wonder what happens if I leave it though now ive found it wont slip with my foot off the pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Quote. Thanks. I wonder what happens if I leave it though now ive found it wont slip with my foot off the pedal Why would you want to rest your foot on the clutch pedal? Thats the fastest way to wear a clutch out. That may be why you had clutch problems in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Trust me. It wasnt that lol. I would have noticed it slipping and stopped straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Trust me. It wasnt that lol. I would have noticed it slipping and stopped straight away Sorry John, It just sounded like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 John, Other thoughts on your clutch problems. 1/ Have you had somebody else drive your car, and did they think there was a problem with the clutch? 2/ It may be that the biting point of the clutch needs adjusting so that it bites lower down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 hi, yes ive had another person drive the car includibg the mechanic who did it. All said it was fine but im not so sure. I did hear a noise when I started up today. Pressing in the clutch makes the noise go away and when I press the pedal in, it makkes a sort of spinning down sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 The noise is the throwout bearing isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 The noise is the throwout bearing isnt it? The noise you hear could be the thrust bearing; they all make a little noise when you disengage the clutch. I think that if two independent people have tried the clutch and they say it’s OK, and it’s OK providing you don’t rest your foot on the clutch, then you maybe worrying unnecessarily, get one other person to try the car to put your mind at rest, and if they say it’s OK, then it probably is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suddste Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 taking it to fords on tuesday to get a second opinion, i may just leave it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSussex Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 taking it to fords on tuesday to get a second opinion, i may just leave it lol Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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