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19th January 2014, 20:14 | #1 |
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release bearing snapped in half
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My clutch slave cylinder top part after removal from the car. The release bearing has had it's lip shear off completely and the rest of the clutch was forced through the fingers of the clutch plate, to rattle about inside the clutch/dmf unit. Needless to say when it happened the car suffered instant and total loss of clutch pressure, and I had to get home with no clutch at all. Fortunately I was able to start the car in first gear to get going. I fitted that slave cylinder (euro car parts) only 4 months ago, and have done only a about a 1000 miles. Why did it break? I was able to make a hybrid of the old slave cylinders release bearing and plastic floaty bit and the newer undamaged cylinder and piston hydraulic parts. It's so much nastier to repair the car in the freezing cold and heavy rain, but the car is now back together and the gear change works now. Fluid must have gotten onto the clutch plate because take up of drive has been juddery since the rebuild. I think the judders are less severe now as the fluid burns of the plate. I may fit the clutch kit damper as this may reduce the pressure changes in the slave cylinder to prevent the same thing happening again. Any thoughts on this? |
19th January 2014, 20:21 | #2 |
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The cheap 'Lucas' branded kit from ECP has given lots of issues, and I'm seeing a few LUK slave cylinders failing too (especially recently).
Which brand was it?
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19th January 2014, 20:54 | #3 |
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There was a discussion about the clutch damper kit a good while back, the consensus was that it served absolutely no purpose.
It was an attempt by Rover to address complaints of clutch judder.
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More here: http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthrea...ghlight=TT0112 See posts 5 & 6 here: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=155819 TC Last edited by T-Cut; 20th January 2014 at 09:50.. |
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Can't see the pictures
Is it just me ?
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At the very top of the OP it says '--picture should be here--' and the OP sort of refers to it as it it were there.
I cannot see a picture either.
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What picture?
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not seen many luk ones fail have fitted hundreds but i do agree on the ecp lucas ones, as lucas went bust a few years ago andy |
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