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Title: High Clutch?
Post by: mk3.owner on 15 December 2011, 23:59

Hi everyone, Im getting tired now so this is going to be a quick one.. What does it mean if my clutch is biting at the top of the reach. Literally bites then there is about an inch until my foot leaves the pedal.

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: mk3.owner on 17 December 2011, 10:26

Bump

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: mk3.owner on 17 December 2011, 23:12

Bumpage.!!!  :angry: :angry: :angry:

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: Wayne on 17 December 2011, 23:34

Replace the cable first, if not much better then you need a new clutch.

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: Seanl on 26 December 2011, 19:40

Biting point is generally quite high on these tbh. As Wayne said though, a new cable may sort it, if not then clutch replacement is a last resort. Do a hill test before deciding to go down that route if I were you though.

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: general_piffle on 22 January 2012, 20:01

To test your clutch this is what a local mechanic told me. Park the car, engine running, handbrake on - keep the handbrake on throughout the test. Clutch down put the car into 4th (handbrake remains on) release the clutch as you rev the engine (don't go crazy but imagine you're trying to pull away). The car should stall as soon as the clutch is released under this load, if it doesn't then your clutch is probably on its way out.

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: Adezmk3 on 22 January 2012, 20:56

I had this and just reset my auto tensioning cable, problem solved.

Title: Re: High Clutch?
Post by: Seanl on 23 January 2012, 19:44

Quote from: general_piffle on 22 January 2012, 20:01

To test your clutch this is what a local mechanic told me. Park the car, engine running, handbrake on - keep the handbrake on throughout the test. Clutch down put the car into 4th (handbrake remains on) release the clutch as you rev the engine (don't go crazy but imagine you're trying to pull away). The car should stall as soon as the clutch is released under this load, if it doesn't then your clutch is probably on its way out.

Yeah that's right. Either that or select a gear which your car would struggle to increase speed on the given hill. If your revs are increasing but speed is not, then clutch is slipping.  :smiley: