Focus mk2 1.6 petrol clutch biting point?

[Richdot]

Evening chaps I have a focus 1.6 60 plate petrol sdha engine recently had the clutch done. I expected the clutch biting point to be rather low after the change but it’s still a high biting point near the top? Is this where everybody else biting point sits?  Thanks 

[Guest]

they're all high and self adjusting, so the biting point never moves.

[Hobgoblinpie]

I tried a few focuses when I went to buy mine, I thought initially that the clutch was wearing out because it bites high, but they all did that. In this case as stratoc mentions it's not a great test of the clutch on this car. After getting used to the clutch I actually really like it - but I used to drive a 1.2 Clio that I shared, and that doesn't so much as have a biting point, more just an on/off pedal.

[Richdot]

So on this particular model then we saying they are all high biting points near the top? Thanks 

[FatHead1979]

1 hour ago, Richdot said:

So on this particular model then we saying they are all high biting points near the top? Thanks 

Yup, all the MK2 petrols have a "high" biting point, even after a brand new clutch it will still be high as it's by design.

[Guest]

I used to have a french car before and you had to press the clutch pedal with enough force to slightly bend the floor pan to stop it creeping or wearing at the traffic lights. If anything large (like the floor mat!) used to slip under the pedal it was stuck in that gear until you turned the ignition off.

Needless to say this wore out quite quickly, the only clutch I have ever bought (I'm 50) and when I picked up the car the bite point was in the same place. So when I bought my Focus the first 3 I test drove all had really high bite points, they're all nearly identical.

After my french car it's like having an automatic, my left leg is now reducing to the same size as my right.

[Richdot]

Ok chaps thanks