Clutch cable problem
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:32 pm
I got a call a couple of weeks ago "clutch has gone, pedal goes to the floor"........... so instructions were dispensed to start the car in gear and drive it the 400 metres home, switch off to stop. The cable had snapped.
All that went well, and because the car was needed I just got a replacement cable from Eurocarparts. Not ideal, but at least the car was mobile again.
Over the past couple of weeks I have regularly had to adjust the cable as the biting point got closer to the floor and the pedal got heavier.
Today I took the cable out again and noticed that the rubber cushion where it goes behind the notch on the gearbox was in bad shape, pretty much destroyed and hanging off.
I have adjusted the outer cable length, reconstructed the rubber and put some oil around the pivot arm, made sure that is turning freely and adjusted the clutch again, but it just doesn't feel right and it is heavy
Is it just a rubbish ECP component, should I bother with a warranty replacement, or is it time to bin it, put it down to experience and bin it.
Or....... is there something else going on ?
What cables have you used ?
All that went well, and because the car was needed I just got a replacement cable from Eurocarparts. Not ideal, but at least the car was mobile again.
Over the past couple of weeks I have regularly had to adjust the cable as the biting point got closer to the floor and the pedal got heavier.
Today I took the cable out again and noticed that the rubber cushion where it goes behind the notch on the gearbox was in bad shape, pretty much destroyed and hanging off.
I have adjusted the outer cable length, reconstructed the rubber and put some oil around the pivot arm, made sure that is turning freely and adjusted the clutch again, but it just doesn't feel right and it is heavy
Is it just a rubbish ECP component, should I bother with a warranty replacement, or is it time to bin it, put it down to experience and bin it.
Or....... is there something else going on ?
What cables have you used ?