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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: ProjectSnow on 28 September 2013, 15:30
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So I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place, but I hope someone could shine some light on a fellow Golf owner;
I was driving home happily oblivious to what was going to happen, anyway, pulled upto a set of lights and my clutch pedal literally stuck to the ground, and I couldn't change gear the Only way I got home was to power shift
Please help
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you will have to tell us what car you have? :whistle:
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If its a MK4, probably the clutch pedal has snapped. Common on MK4's and happened to me when I had mine too..
Bit of a nightmare to fit a new one as youve got little bits in and little space!
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If it's a MK3 I would put my money on saying the pressure-plate has been pierced by the rod that presses against that, I have had that happen to me and then the clutch was stuck to the floor as you mentioned.
or possibly the clutch cable jammed.. :whistle:
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Sorry, it's a mk4 1.8 (180bhp) model and I've been reading about the cylinder sharing with the brakes if that helps?
I check under the hood too and I can see some sort of fluid on top of the clutch housing? Near where the actually clutch operation is
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If its a MK4, probably the clutch pedal has snapped. Common on MK4's and happened to me when I had mine too..
Bit of a nightmare to fit a new one as youve got little bits in and little space!
My money would be on this ^^^
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slave cylinder seals have gone.
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Are there little pieces if plastic in the footwell? If so as Dom and others said above snapped clutch pedal. They have a little square tack welded for safety in a crash. But that means with age it weakens and eventually snaps.
It's fairly easy to change but a fiddly bugger, you need someone with small hands to help you
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http://uk-mkvs.net/forums/t/18012.aspx
been there done that unfortunately . Cheap and DIYable , just a c&*t of a job
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I had that happen to me in rush hour i was stuck on a roundabout for an hour totaly peed off.cheap to fix think i paid about £40 for all the parts.i took the clutch pedal out and changed it on the bench at work.couple of clips and 13mm bolts took it all out
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this happened to me last week its the weld on the back off the pedal has give way over the years , it was a nightmare to get off the car but a easy and cheep fix it cost me £2 for the parts from vw as i got two clips just incase and i welded my pedal myself
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This happened to me in the middle of a dual carriage way!! Sitting on phone for a pick up and some jobsworth traffic cop pulls up next to me and says I better not of pulled up to use the phone :angry:
I said "I've broken down actually and if you're not gonna help then you need to move as your blocking the only free lane" :cool: what a be11end!!!!
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I was also stuck in slow moving traffic, on my birthday about to go out!
As it went I literally coasted into a car park on my left and managed to call the AA who done a temporary repair to get me home with it, and then got it fixed at work.
The pedal was so high with the temp repair gave my leg muscles some pain, but good on him for sorting a temp fix out!