Superglued clutch plate to cover, won’t disengage
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Clutch superglue mess up
Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
Penelope Stopit said:
Clutch superglue mess up
Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
Lol. Sounds like it Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
steve_bmw said:
Penelope Stopit said:
Clutch superglue mess up
Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
Lol. Sounds like it Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
A couple of years ago I banged Loctite into the flywheel bolt holes of a crankshaft, bolted the flywheel on and later lay in bed thinking to myself "did the Loctite run out of the holes onto the machined surfaces where the two meet causing the flywheel to be out of alignment"
Good luck sorting it
Penelope Stopit said:
Clutch superglue mess up
Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
Lol. Sounds like it Hello all, just done a clutch for a family member on his 02 plate clio 1.2 16v. Got told about the superglue trick to change the clutch without a full gearbox removal. Only trouble is now I can't get any gears so seems that the clutch is not disengaging. I did notice that the new release bearing was slightly tight so not sure which of these two is the fault anyone got an idea. Really don't fancy removing the box again.
Well after giving up and deciding to take it to a garage to get it checked, it goes and fixes it's self. Drove it a few miles and suddenly the clutch freed off. Note to self don't use too much £1 shop superglue on clutches lol
All sorted, took the clutch out and it was stuck solid to the cover.
It was gorilla superglue, and I thought we put too much on by a long way but the contact patch was 5p size.
Unbelievable, that is some super glue lol. I would never have guessed that such little glue was that strong.
Live and learn, had fun along the way, no harm done.
It was gorilla superglue, and I thought we put too much on by a long way but the contact patch was 5p size.
Unbelievable, that is some super glue lol. I would never have guessed that such little glue was that strong.
Live and learn, had fun along the way, no harm done.
E-bmw said:
Richard-D said:
I've also never used an alignment tool. Just eyeball it while you tighten the cover down. So long as everything's concentric it'll be fine.
Me too, not done lots but probably 20 clutches on various cars & never had to use one yet.OP, I've used the super glue trick, esp on a BMW where the clutches are self adjusting. I also managed to stick the friction plate solid. The little bugger would not hold when I was trying to get it into position, and then when it did, it was really hard to get off. In the end I pushed it into the yard, reved it up, and dropped the clutch. Made a hell of a bang, and was fine after. Scary stuff, I would never have thought it would have held as much.
If your going to use glue in the future, glue the inside of the friction plate, not the outside. Far less likely to cause these problems.
If your going to use glue in the future, glue the inside of the friction plate, not the outside. Far less likely to cause these problems.
bearman68 said:
OP, I've used the super glue trick, esp on a BMW where the clutches are self adjusting. I also managed to stick the friction plate solid. The little bugger would not hold when I was trying to get it into position, and then when it did, it was really hard to get off. In the end I pushed it into the yard, reved it up, and dropped the clutch. Made a hell of a bang, and was fine after. Scary stuff, I would never have thought it would have held as much.
How did you managed to drop the clutch when it was already engaged?LimSlip said:
How did you managed to drop the clutch when it was already engaged?
While the friction plate is glued to the pressure plate, pushing the pedal will still pull it away from the flywheel, so if you do that and release it quickly, the shock of smacking back into the flywheel might crack the glue loose.Some gearboxes are an utter pig to get on so I've always used the correct tool. As I tend to work on the same types of cars and have a lathe in the workshop it's not difficult to make one. There can be not much worse than hanging off the end of a heavy gearbox on your own, straining your b
ks off and it not going in. Some kits come with a plastic one supplied.
I've never heard of the glue trick, but it does remind me of an integrale I worked on years ago. They have a fault which causes the transmission oil to leak into the CV joint at the front of the prop. In the past some idiot had tried to cure it by gluing the CV to the output shaft. I couldn't get the thing to shift in the workshop for love nor money so I took it out into the yard and drove it around for a bit.
The damned thing stayed on even with no bolts holding it, so I backed it up into a corner and gave it some revs, dropped the clutch and bang off it went.
Problem was i'd stupidly not put the hoop back round the prop (the one which stops it from hitting the deck) so it dropped down onto the tarmac and ball bearings from the CV went all over the place. I was till chuckling though as I chased them all over the place and put it back together.
ks off and it not going in. Some kits come with a plastic one supplied.I've never heard of the glue trick, but it does remind me of an integrale I worked on years ago. They have a fault which causes the transmission oil to leak into the CV joint at the front of the prop. In the past some idiot had tried to cure it by gluing the CV to the output shaft. I couldn't get the thing to shift in the workshop for love nor money so I took it out into the yard and drove it around for a bit.
The damned thing stayed on even with no bolts holding it, so I backed it up into a corner and gave it some revs, dropped the clutch and bang off it went.
Problem was i'd stupidly not put the hoop back round the prop (the one which stops it from hitting the deck) so it dropped down onto the tarmac and ball bearings from the CV went all over the place. I was till chuckling though as I chased them all over the place and put it back together.
InitialDave said:
LimSlip said:
How did you managed to drop the clutch when it was already engaged?
While the friction plate is glued to the pressure plate, pushing the pedal will still pull it away from the flywheel, so if you do that and release it quickly, the shock of smacking back into the flywheel might crack the glue loose.Gassing Station | Home Mechanics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff