Possible clutch problem ?

[bigdods]

As its Xmas day and all the garages are shut I will throw this one to the PH specialists....

Had a new clutch fitted ~200 miles back , went for a run today and it feels wrong. Instead of the pedal travelling smoothly to the floor it feels like there are loads of small movements. Hard to describe, but when I press the pedal it goes down ok and the clutch works but I can feel lots of little points of resistance as I push the pedal in.

If I push the pedal down quickly it feels like the pedal is vibrating as it pushes through each little bit of resistance. I *thought* it was vibration at first but having now sat and experimented its definately lots of small points of slightly higher resistance.

It does this when travelling at any speed and dipping the clutch and also when sat ticking over in neutral and pressing the pedal. Seems to get a bit worse as things warm up.

I know I havent described it well but its a tricky one. I will of course be on the blower to the garage when they come back after xmas but in the meantime I'm hoping it doesnt leave me stranded.

Any ideas ?

Cheers

Dodsy

Edited by bigdods on Thursday 25th December 15:37

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

I had this sensation when a clutch was at the end of its life (about 50,000 miles). Eventually it took all the strength I could muster to depress the darn thing.

No help whatsoever I know, still Merry Christmas!

[kevin63]

I would check that the pivot pin on the pedal/master cylinder is well greased, the feel you discribe was like what I had and was cured by some grease, if not that part, check the release bearing arm pivot is well greased, you can get to this via the inspection hole in the bottom of the gear box, grease the ball pivot there, it's a common problem on Chimaera's. It's cheap and free so nothing to loose. Good luck.

Edited by kevin63 on Thursday 25th December 20:29

[bigdods]

Now I'm scratching my head over this one. Went out this morning very cold, no notchiness at all when I started off. Brilliant thinks me, it must just have been 'one of those things' But then it warmed up and got notchy again. Then got worse when I was in traffic for a few minutes. Then after a long d/c run at speed it was almost smooth again.

So it seems that when cold its mostly ok, but when hot it gets very notchy.

Back to the garage on monday I think !

[kevin63]

That seems to confirm what I said above, so get the grease out.

[bigdods]

kevin63 said:

That seems to confirm what I said above, so get the grease out.

I agree , thanks for the advice, as I dont have have any facilities here to get her up in the air I'll take her to the garage that fitted the clutch next week should take them 5 mins to get her in the air and grease her up

Edited by bigdods on Saturday 27th December 17:42