Recent AP clutch issue?

Recent AP clutch issue?

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Englishman

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2,220 posts

211 months

Thursday 28th April 2016
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Not sure if cross posting to FB is allowed, so, in summary, three TVR owners so far have reported an issue with AP clutch changes in the last few weeks. The new clutch bites initially after a couple of centimetres when releasing the pedal, enough to get the car moving in 1st or reverse on level ground, but not enough to move on any sort of hill or in a higher gear. Full bite is towards the top of the travel, as normal. On the move you don't notice anything unusual. So the 'fault' is the early engagement from stationery in my case. We have all now done several hundred miles with the new clutchs and the problem is still there. Two Tuscans and one Cerb so far.

So if you have very recently had your clutch changed, please let us know your experiences, positive and negative, to help establish how widespread the problem is.

From a previous change,I know this wasn't a problem a couple of years ago.

Englishman

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2,220 posts

211 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Funnily enough mine just started working as I'd expect with the initial drag gone yesterday, but its taken 500 miles to 'bed in'.

I wasn't going to say anything for a few weeks in case it comes back, but my advice now would be to give it 500 miles to sort itself out before asking for the clutch to be changed again.