Sticking clutch

[buzzsaw]

The clutch on the Chim has been sticking slightly when fully depressed for a while (hard to explain, but feels like blu tack pulling away). Last weekend, the clutch pedal actually stuck in the fully depressed position and I managed to free it by hitting the master cylinder and it was OK after this. There is no fluid loss from the master cylinder. Doe this sound like the seals wearing? Would a seal replacement kit fix this do you think? Car has 36K on the clock.

[WOO5IE]

Sounds like the seals.

Could be Master or Slave.

Depending what age the car is I personally would chanege the whole cylinder / Not much additional cost against a lot of potential trouble.

Trev

[That Daddy]

I think you will find the master cylinder piston assy return spring as broke which does not come in the repair kit,you may be looking at a new master cylinder assy,you can check this by removing the piston assy while the cylinder is in situ just to confirm takes about 10 mins to remove and verify

Edited by That Daddy on Wednesday 17th September 11:50

[buzzsaw]

My thoughts are that the seals are going as this appears to be a periodic problem. The clutch action is currently fine!

[kevin63]

I agree with That Daddy I had the same thing happen on my Cerbera and Chimaera, could not find a spring replacement anywhere, I made a temporary spring until I got a master cylinder.