When a clutch goes...

[Tunku]

The Nur said:

V6Alfisti said:

Stick it in 5th, start the car. If it stalls then the clutch isn't slipping, if it doesn't stall it's gone.

Clutches are so variable car to car, my mother runs a little Micra K11 and even when the clutch was replaced the bite point was still right at the top (despite trying to adjust it). Just the way that particular Micra was made, another Micra bites at a totally different point.

I am intrigued. When you say start the car in fifth, do you mean with the clutch up or down? The reason i ask is that the clutch on my girlfriends car has a reasonably high bite (Mk3 Golf). Whilst driving there is no slip at all. Clutch job or cable adjustment?

Is the clutch hydraulic or cable?

[paintman]

The Nur said:

V6Alfisti said:

Stick it in 5th, start the car. If it stalls then the clutch isn't slipping, if it doesn't stall it's gone.

Clutches are so variable car to car, my mother runs a little Micra K11 and even when the clutch was replaced the bite point was still right at the top (despite trying to adjust it). Just the way that particular Micra was made, another Micra bites at a totally different point.

I am intrigued. When you say start the car in fifth, do you mean with the clutch up or down? The reason i ask is that the clutch on my girlfriends car has a reasonably high bite (Mk3 Golf). Whilst driving there is no slip at all. Clutch job or cable adjustment?

If its working fine then leave it alone. If when the car is being driven you accelerate & the revs go up but the car doesn't accelerate then its usually a worn out clutch. Unless its so low on the floor that you have a problem with the clutch operation don't get too obsessed about pedal height if you have no means of adjusting it.

Edited by paintman on Sunday 24th January 01:46

[The Nur]

Tis a cable clutch I think, unless I have misinterpreted the haynes manual. eta: cheers for the rapid replies and sorry about the thread hijack!

Edited by The Nur on Sunday 24th January 01:53

[Tangent Police]

Well, a cable clutch is rather academic where it is, unless you have a reference point for a new plate.

Wangle the adjuster and worry when you are out of adjustment.

Time to really worry is when it's an automatic adjuster and it slips under major beans.

[V6Alfisti]

The Nur said:

V6Alfisti said:

Stick it in 5th, start the car. If it stalls then the clutch isn't slipping, if it doesn't stall it's gone.

Clutches are so variable car to car, my mother runs a little Micra K11 and even when the clutch was replaced the bite point was still right at the top (despite trying to adjust it). Just the way that particular Micra was made, another Micra bites at a totally different point.

I am intrigued. When you say start the car in fifth, do you mean with the clutch up or down? The reason i ask is that the clutch on my girlfriends car has a reasonably high bite (Mk3 Golf). Whilst driving there is no slip at all. Clutch job or cable adjustment?

I just put the car in 5th, then start the car with the clutch fully up (but hover just over the clutch pedal in case it decides to do something unexpected)

If there is no slip I wouldn't be concerned, just run it until it shows signs of slip.