Never had this happen before...
Posted: 26 Apr 2010
Kates birthday today, well, yesterday now..
So, I took her and the puppies for a stroll round Chrterhouse near Cheddar.
Lovely place it is..
Anyway, drive down, no problem..
On the way back on the A37 it gets a bit up hill for long stretches, bit of downhill, then more uphill and so on.. the joys of the Mendips and all that shit like..
Anyhow, I'm going up a fairly steep slope at 40MPH in third, then open the throttle to overtak a very slow moving camper, and I get enormous clutch slip.
Ok, at those revs the turbo's blowing 1.2 bar, so not quite full boost, but not far from it.
I back off the gas until it bites, and I give some welly again. Same thing.
Drop it into second and floor it, no slip, goes off like a scalded cat, overtake the camper, pull in, change up to third, open the pedal, slips like a cow with bad burning smell..
So, I go playing a bit, much higher road speeds in fourth and fifth, pedal on the floor, no slip.
So I try lower speeds in first and second. No slip, just lights the tyres up.
Fuck thinks I, the clutch is goosed..
Bear in mind, I dont ever wear clutches out. The three clutches I've put in this car over the years (albeit with NA engine until recently) failed through the release bearing wearing through the pressure plate, the friction plate always had plenty left on it.
I dont do "chav" standing starts, and never have, I dont slip the clutch at all really, just let the pedal up at idle and open the throttle once the pedal is released, even for hill starts.
This clutch has done only 38K miles which is fuck all compared to the 250K miles I usually get before the pressure plate fingers fail...
It has been fine up until today, I've never had to adjust it, and the bite point has never changed.
Anyhow, after I got back to Kates we go in and watch telly for a bit, have a bite to eat and all that shit, then some 6 hours later I get in the car to come home.
Drives fine, and I'm trying my damndest to get it to slip, but it wont.
I get all the way home (right across town) and all is well until I stop outside my house and stuff it in reverse to back it on to the drive.
It wont move!
The pedal feels fine, and it goes forwards no problem, but it will not go backwards, all I get is a friction material burning smell..
So I drive off down the road, swing it round and fuck off up the main road at full throttle, all is fine, no slip, no smell, nothing.
Get back home again, reverses onto the drive no problem..
WTF is that all about then?!
So, I took her and the puppies for a stroll round Chrterhouse near Cheddar.
Lovely place it is..
Anyway, drive down, no problem..
On the way back on the A37 it gets a bit up hill for long stretches, bit of downhill, then more uphill and so on.. the joys of the Mendips and all that shit like..
Anyhow, I'm going up a fairly steep slope at 40MPH in third, then open the throttle to overtak a very slow moving camper, and I get enormous clutch slip.
Ok, at those revs the turbo's blowing 1.2 bar, so not quite full boost, but not far from it.
I back off the gas until it bites, and I give some welly again. Same thing.
Drop it into second and floor it, no slip, goes off like a scalded cat, overtake the camper, pull in, change up to third, open the pedal, slips like a cow with bad burning smell..
So, I go playing a bit, much higher road speeds in fourth and fifth, pedal on the floor, no slip.
So I try lower speeds in first and second. No slip, just lights the tyres up.
Fuck thinks I, the clutch is goosed..
Bear in mind, I dont ever wear clutches out. The three clutches I've put in this car over the years (albeit with NA engine until recently) failed through the release bearing wearing through the pressure plate, the friction plate always had plenty left on it.
I dont do "chav" standing starts, and never have, I dont slip the clutch at all really, just let the pedal up at idle and open the throttle once the pedal is released, even for hill starts.
This clutch has done only 38K miles which is fuck all compared to the 250K miles I usually get before the pressure plate fingers fail...
It has been fine up until today, I've never had to adjust it, and the bite point has never changed.
Anyhow, after I got back to Kates we go in and watch telly for a bit, have a bite to eat and all that shit, then some 6 hours later I get in the car to come home.
Drives fine, and I'm trying my damndest to get it to slip, but it wont.
I get all the way home (right across town) and all is well until I stop outside my house and stuff it in reverse to back it on to the drive.
It wont move!
The pedal feels fine, and it goes forwards no problem, but it will not go backwards, all I get is a friction material burning smell..
So I drive off down the road, swing it round and fuck off up the main road at full throttle, all is fine, no slip, no smell, nothing.
Get back home again, reverses onto the drive no problem..
WTF is that all about then?!