Chimaera clutch slip?

[malloryn]

Yesterday I test drove a chimaera, P reg, 60000 miles.
When resting my foot lightly on the clutch, the clutch appeared to slip.
Is this a normal characteristic of chimaeras or a sympton of clutch plate wear?

[Ballistic Banana]

Best way is to slip it into fourth and then floor it, if it revs high before pulling you have a worn clutch.
Generally on average the Chimeara/Griffith clutch lasts around 30K. Mine went after 23k on my griff butthat was due to an oil seal splitting and pi$$ing oil all over the clutch.

BB

[malloryn]

That what I did and noticed the increase in revs vs speed. This was OK when i totally removed my foot from the pedal.

[shpub]

The clutch is not a foot rest for a start and such an approach will knacker a clutch quicker than anything... especially on a TVR which tends to have a lot of poser and torque.

Does seem a high clutch point so I would guess that the clutch is on its way out.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[Trefor]

shpub said: ... a lot of poser ...

Steve

Speak for yourself



>> Edited by Trefor on Monday 21st April 10:31