Two weeks ownership - Clutch gone !

[TVRWhoa]

After just two weeks of Cerb ownership - my clutch has gone.

I was sitting waiting at a roundabout (clutch down) when all of a sudden it drove off, possessed I thought, oh no I've bought a devil car (Halloween and all that)!

Then I realised that I couldn't change gear either managed to limp it to the in-laws and called the RAC who diagnosed deadclutchitis so low loader later and back to the dealers - good job its under warranty

I'm assuming that car driving off when clutch depressed and not being able to select gears when in neutral is a dead clutch ?

How long does it take to change a clutch (4.5) ?

[david smith]

dude join the club ... look at my profile and follow the threads ...

mine was similar all be it it wa a bit more gradual ...

lucky you got it from a dealer and under warrenty

mines been off the road at Offords for 4 weeks now ...
not a happy bunny ...

good luck at least it will give you peace of mind you have a new one when done!!

DAS

[TVR Slag's Bil]

Sounds like slave or master to me. Is there any fluid around the pedal? id there is then its the master, this is the cheaper and easier option.

If not then could be the slave, looking at about £600.

I am not too sure about the fingers on the clutch, could be those.

[kevin63]

Joolz of Joospeed did mine in around a week and sorted the warranty out as well. Spot on

[gbbird]

Mine got sorted by Topcats in a few days

[TVRWhoa]

Thanks for the replies guys,

Couldn't see any fluid anywhere not by the pedals and certainly not on the father in law's driveway - he'd have hated fluid on the drive I can tell you !

Its in Gorner's now and they've given me a Chim as replacement so will have to wait for the Monday phone call to see what happened. I'm sure the service book said clutch assembly repaired in May whatever a clutch assembly is that is !

[gbbird]

If there is no fluid it could be the same as what happened to mine - the seals had gone, and i got a new master at the same time just for good measure. If it is the seals only, it should'nt take too long

[flashheart]

Sorry to hear about the clutch Mike. Not wishing to top your story but bought my car from an independent dealer and my clutch went as soon as I had got it home - after only 1 hour. Typical eh? I phoned up and whinged like hell and he agreed to get it fixed. Slave had gone and there was a snag with the a/c so I managed to get £850 of servicing out of him. Fantastic except the clutch itself needed replacing 6 months later!

Ho hum. Flash

[MART 1963]

My clutch gave in last week,will be having the car back this week with a brand new clutch total cost £730 inc fitting sweet.