Pinky new clutch?

hello,
my clutch is biting very close to the top, does this mean a new clutch?

andybloke and tome you have both driven it abit what would you say?

if anyones at doncaster 4x4 market please sit in and have a little drive around and feed me your opinion

Lennys clutch is also biting very close to the top so i dont really have much to compare it with

cheers kieran

How much 'free-play' is on the pedal?? May just need a bit of tweaking!

being blonde, im not quite sure what you mean by free play?

how long should a clutch last? it was fitted roughly about 20 - 25 thousand miles ago

cheers kieran

kieran wrote:

hello,
my clutch is biting very close to the top, does this mean a new clutch?

andybloke and tome you have both driven it abit what would you say?

As it bites in the top 15% of travel, either something's very wrongly adjusted, or you're running on the rivets

Red bites about half way through the travel, and Lara's considerably lower than that.
Not long after the Rovers clutch was biting at the position Pinky's does, it started slipping on the offroad bits (i.e. the garden).

kieran wrote:

being blonde, im not quite sure what you mean by free play?

how long should a clutch last? it was fitted roughly about 20 - 25 thousand miles ago

cheers kieran

A lot longer than that mate! Without too much abuse of course!

There should be a bit of free play Ie: a bit of initial travel on the clutch pedal where there is no resistance. This is there to ensure the clutch fully engages without any of the release mechanism interfering with it if you like. Easily adjusted if theres none there. Difficult to say without driving it myself! Any other symptoms? Eg: Does the bite point alter when hot, can you hear any strange noises, etc?

All the best!

Stu

hello,
cheers for the input!

yes there is one strange bit, when engaging the clutch it feels abit like its struggling to put the power down for a brief moment and then its fine maybe thats just my driving

you goin to be at any shows mr lamb chops?

cheers kieran

Yes indeedy!! Will be at Billing from Thursday night onwards! No prob t have a look if nothing develops in the mean time!

Oh what engine/'box is nestling in the beast??

Stu

its a 200tdi borrowed from a crashed K reg 90 with all the running gear from that 90 fitted

so it runs ok, apart from the slight over heating issue i had at the weekend, dam kirton mud

Proper job! Probably something daft wrong with it! Will have a look mate!

Stu

cheers,

there will be a beer in it for you :alien:

Kieren,
I'll be at Frickly this weekend. I'll take a look if you like.

Im supposed to be fitting some Southdown protection gear to Paul's Disco on Saturday - then playing on the Sunday... Think Im turning into his personal mechanic... All the bits I do dont drop off, bit others do for him do

This may help you see if its adjusted right:
www.ventureoverland.com/Clutch_Adjustment.pdf

cheers john, im aiming to be there for about dinner time saturday this gives me time to be very late