Difficult to select Reverse
Difficult to select Reverse
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C.HARPER

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93 posts

236 months

Sunday 24th February 2008
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I've now owned my tuscan for over a year, and carry out proper precedure for selecting reverse, as in going into 5th then back to reverse. But recently reverse seems to be getting harder to select, and it clunks into gear. Any one with any ideas? or with the same problem. All other gears are okay.
thanks

dvs_dave

9,040 posts

254 months

Sunday 24th February 2008
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This is the first sign of a failing clutch as it's starting to drag. It'll either be the slave cylinder seals failing and/or the diaphram spring fingers breaking off. It's a common failure point and it'll only get worse I'm afraid.

Fortunately there are fixes in the form of uprated clutches (Raceproved Clutch) but it's a gearbox off job to change the clutch.

tuscan_al

4,112 posts

243 months

Sunday 24th February 2008
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dvs_dave said:
This is the first sign of a failing clutch as it's starting to drag. It'll either be the slave cylinder seals failing and/or the diaphram spring fingers breaking off. It's a common failure point and it'll only get worse I'm afraid.

Fortunately there are fixes in the form of uprated clutches (Raceproved Clutch) but it's a gearbox off job to change the clutch.
Are these raceproven clutches turning out to be the favourable choice in clutch replacement or just trying something new?

dvs_dave

9,040 posts

254 months

Sunday 24th February 2008
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I've got one fitted to my car and it's excellent. Much better than the original and feels much smoother.

H10TVR

436 posts

240 months

Monday 25th February 2008
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C.HARPER said:
I've now owned my tuscan for over a year, and carry out proper precedure for selecting reverse, as in going into 5th then back to reverse. But recently reverse seems to be getting harder to select, and it clunks into gear. Any one with any ideas? or with the same problem. All other gears are okay.
thanks
Yes the clutch is (or slave cylinder) is on the way out, it will fail within the next couple of thousand miles if lucky, how many miles have you done as the clutch should last for about 20 k.

About a grand to have replaced by good indy...

red1

177 posts

244 months

Monday 25th February 2008
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C.HARPER said:
I've now owned my tuscan for over a year, and carry out proper precedure for selecting reverse, as in going into 5th then back to reverse. But recently reverse seems to be getting harder to select, and it clunks into gear. Any one with any ideas? or with the same problem. All other gears are okay.
thanks
I had a similar problem with mine but it was a quick fix. The gear lever had moved and would not turn enough to find the reverse selection point (sorry not technically minded). Try twisting the gear lever as you select reverse I think mine needed to go clockwise. Worth a try before new clutch.