LOL. Never!
My bloody clutch has gone!
- Thread starter Mottie
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Same with boilers these days. Some are full of plastic components that either split, crack or go porous with pinholes. Great business for the manufacturers supplying replacement parts for the substandard originals. Don't fit Worcester Botch or Viessmann folks!
Thanks, I see. So failed internal seals - most likely master.
I just assumed there would be internal seals in either master or slave that could fail and would be hard to tell which if no outward signs/leaks.
Brexhit?
It was going up long before that.
They get cold on the flight from Chyna.
In my case, the pipe linking the two, has a quick release, self-sealing union, in the middle - each cylinder, comes with it's pipe and pre-filled. Just a matter of swapping the failed bit, no need to bleed. To diagnose it, you part the union, then press the pedal - if it goes down, it's the master, if not it's the slave. That assumes there is oil in the master.
My master went whilst away on holiday, called breakdown out and the dopey sod was clueless. Kept pumping more and more fluid in at the slave bleed nipple, flooded the carpet. I eventually convinced him I knew more than he, and got taken in, but the stupidity continued...
It just needed two nuts undone to release the master, pull the masters pipe through the double firewall a little, then push a roll-pin out, leaving pipe in place. Instead, he insidted on spending a full day, two of them, struggling to feed the new pipe, complete with MC, through the double firewall. I could have done it on my own, in 45minutes.
Yes, nightmare when things go wrong away from home and you're at the mercy of garages that you know nothing about. As for knowing more than mechanics, see my CV boot replacement post elsewhere on here. Mechanic who botched it is one man band with decades in trade. Yet successfully installing a CV boot that stayed grease-tight proved beyond him. Did a perfect job myself to rectify his attempt - and it's the first time I've ever changed one.
The Golf is now long gone. I’ve just sold the clutch on eBay. Been on there about 6 weeks. I got £50 for it but I thought I was going to end up chucking it away. Better than nothing I suppose and someone has got a bargain.
I bought a brand new clutch kit including DMF from a mug on eBay for £50.
Robbed him blind!
Robbed him blind!
You lucky barsteward…..
You should have "done a NutJob", and used hamster knackers, snot, and gentleman's relish
No, he'd have bought a replacement Chinese knock-off one and then started another thread telling us how we'd all invalidate our insurance if we didn't fit genuine parts...
There's a bloke called Williams on Youtube who has his own mobile clutch fitting business. Turns up and does cars and vans at your home/work. Couple of axle stands under the front ends of the sills, wheels off then he's under there in all winds and weathers (snow, ice, rain) on his back splitting the engine and box and doing the necessary.
Quite something to watch and the bloke has it down to a military operation. It's a blur of activity as he works like a trojan. Take my hat off to him, I couldn't do it.
Kevin-Albert Williams
We re no longer trading.. All videos are from archives.. thanks for watching kind regards Kevin-Albert Williamswww.youtube.com
I can respect that. It's a tough way to earn a living! Many years ago, I was due to go walking in the Lakes with a couple of school friends on the Saturday, but to my horror, the clutch in my Reliant started slipping on the way home on the Friday night. I spent much of that night on my back in the gutter, changing the bloody clutch!
These days, more people are cursing chains and pining for the good old days when a £25 belt would do the job!