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December 12, 2003
Don
First make sure that your release bearing is not being held on, leaving the
clutch partially disengaged.
This could be a sticky throw out arm or a problem in the slave / master cyl
inder. Usually the problem is found at the clutch end. If its not this then
the driven plate friction material could have worn too thin OR it has over
heated due to slipping - this will result in a shiny glazed finish of the
friction material. Will work ok until the engine torque required to move
the vehicle (accelerating /going up hill, or with a passenger if you don't
normally have one.) is high.
Check for wear of the flywheel. If the land where the cover assembly is bol
ted to is higher than the face where the friction material of the driven pl
ate is, then get the flywheel skimmed. Minimum metal removal of course, tur
n the face - don't get it ground. I believe these are flat flywheels not th
e pt type where the c.a. is mounted higher (usually found on
It's probably false economy not to change the cover assembly when you chang
e the driven plate.
=A345 against a days work on the car at a later date.
If the cover assembly is nearly new (LESS THAN A YEAR OR 8000 NORMAL MILES)
then it might be worth taking a risk.
ALAN
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"Jones, Alan" < alan.jones@... > 27511
Posted on December 12, 2003 12:31 PM
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