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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:07 am 
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Hey guys

when it cant get any f**k worse IT DOES!! im driving to a mates last night and im sitting at the lights then push the clutch in and its all soft?? so i pull over and tighten the clutch cable and it seemed ok for like one push of the cluytch then went to s**t again.

ive loosened the cable and retightened it played with it , pulled it i dunno whats wrong??


nothing looks broken or anything, BUT this has happened before and last time it was the cluitch cable but that went a few months ago and was replaced with a brand new one??



WTF?
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:25 am 
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The cable may have cracked the firewall where it comes through and is bending more each time you use or adjust it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:36 am 
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dont tell me that!
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:51 pm 
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yeh i was going to say that too. when your giving the car some curry can you hear a dull thud noise?

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:31 pm 
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no not really had a quick look last night though and the firewall looked ok will have to look in the daytime!
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:34 pm 
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where the cable attaches to the pedal there is a dodgy c shaped clip/brakcet. very common for these to bend/break.

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:40 am 
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ok


i have checked the firewall = fine
dodgy c bracket where cable connects on pedal = fine
other end of cable where connects to tranny = fine

wtf??? the only conclusion i can come to is the cable has strectched but i just replaced it 3 months ago

any ideas
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:56 am 
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pedal spring??

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:00 am 
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clutch plate / pressure plate?

might have to pull it out and have a look make sure its all good inside

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:26 am 
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It could be the pedal box, I have a similar problem on my car

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:16 pm 
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leroys on the money here took it to a mechanic and clutch pressure plate is screwwed

new hd clutch and flywheel machined so all should be good !!!


hopefully! this clutch has given me nothing but trouble,.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:36 pm 
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yeh mine packed it in about a month ago. my pedal was the complete opposite - almost broke the seat pushing it cause it got that hard. a couple of months before that i repaired the pedal box and firewall due to bending/cracking.

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:28 pm 
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woohoo its all fixed and i got them to fit my short shifter while they were at it and its so god damn good now i think my old clutch wasnt fitted right cause it feels so much different its f**k awesome wooo hoo!h
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