Superglued clutch plate to cover, won’t disengage
Discussion
Done a clutch on a mates Clio, 1.2. Job was fine no problems, clutch has good travel ect.
I know the small spots of superglue to align the clutch has been used for ages, but I think we put too much on, still only 3 spots but with a wiggle of the plate to centralise the contact patches may be as big as a 50p maybe more.
We used gorilla superglue, have we fked up and put too much on and the clutch plate is stuck solid to the clutch cover?
I have never used superglue method before so I don’t know how much too much is.
Taking it back out tomorrow 😀
I know the small spots of superglue to align the clutch has been used for ages, but I think we put too much on, still only 3 spots but with a wiggle of the plate to centralise the contact patches may be as big as a 50p maybe more.
We used gorilla superglue, have we fked up and put too much on and the clutch plate is stuck solid to the clutch cover?
I have never used superglue method before so I don’t know how much too much is.
Taking it back out tomorrow 😀
normalbloke said:
Is this for real?
Yer, lol. As you can’t get the alignment tool in, the superglue holds the plate central to the clutch cover. Been done loads before it’s not a new thing, I’m just wondering if I used too much glue, I thought that the engine would have enough power to split the bond but I’m thinking the shear strength is too much. Yazza54 said:
Great advert for gorilla glue though
Lol. Yer it’s good stuff. I’ll take it out tomorrow and see if I can make a tool to align it. I’ve always used the tool but as there is not much space I thought I’d give the superglue trick a go. It did the trick, splines were perfect.
This is a somewhat dodgy suggestion, and certainly not any kind of approved process, but could more of a shock loading crack it off? So run the car in gear with the front end up on stands so the wheels are turning, and then with the clutch pedal down, hit the brakes hard, and hopefully it'll shear the glue joint before it stalls the engine?
steve_bmw said:
Yazza54 said:
Great advert for gorilla glue though
Lol. Yer it’s good stuff. I’ll take it out tomorrow and see if I can make a tool to align it. I’ve always used the tool but as there is not much space I thought I’d give the superglue trick a go. It did the trick, splines were perfect.
Socket etc
InitialDave said:
This is a somewhat dodgy suggestion, and certainly not any kind of approved process, but could more of a shock loading crack it off? So run the car in gear with the front end up on stands so the wheels are turning, and then with the clutch pedal down, hit the brakes hard, and hopefully it'll shear the glue joint before it stalls the engine?
Good idea mate, we have tried similar technique driving it and braking and no it’s stuck solid. I think there is too much Cush from the clutch and not enough power from the engine to break the bond.
We fked up.
I haven't tried that trick before, but if you used cyano based superglue then that is heat sensitive. You may find if you get things up to temperature and then do the usual crank it over in gear with the clutch down, it will come free. Just tell it you're relying on it to hold fast and the b*stard will fall off within seconds.
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