MT75 clutch release arm
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Had a bit of clutch trouble with my Zetec engined Lotus Elan today and came across this site, so I thought I'd see if anyone can help.
The car has an MT75 gearbox fitted to a 2L Zetec with a cable operated clutch. The car has done about 5000 miles since I finished it last year (re-furbed gearbox, all new clutch bits). I've had a slight noise when depressing the clutch for about a week, which sounded like the release bearing, and today the clutch pedal felt intermittantly stiff in operation. This afternoon I lost the clutch altogether. The cable had snapped about 2" from the pedal attachment but the operating arm on the gearbox had a fair bit of up and down movement as well as the normal forwards and back.
The RAC got me back on the road with a temporary cable, but I'm a bit concerned about the movement in the release arm - I'm sure it didn't wobble about like that when I fitted it!
Feels as though there's a problem with the release arm pivot - Has anyone else come across this before?
The car has an MT75 gearbox fitted to a 2L Zetec with a cable operated clutch. The car has done about 5000 miles since I finished it last year (re-furbed gearbox, all new clutch bits). I've had a slight noise when depressing the clutch for about a week, which sounded like the release bearing, and today the clutch pedal felt intermittantly stiff in operation. This afternoon I lost the clutch altogether. The cable had snapped about 2" from the pedal attachment but the operating arm on the gearbox had a fair bit of up and down movement as well as the normal forwards and back.
The RAC got me back on the road with a temporary cable, but I'm a bit concerned about the movement in the release arm - I'm sure it didn't wobble about like that when I fitted it!
Feels as though there's a problem with the release arm pivot - Has anyone else come across this before?
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