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Rob Withey	posted on 8th Sep 07 at 19:49
	You're welcome. And it's nearly 19 months.
BarnshaW	posted on 8th Sep 07 at 19:31
	thanks for the reply to this problem nearly 15 months on lol
Rob Withey	posted on 8th Sep 07 at 18:39
	quote: Originally posted by Siberia the later design... i think it was from 97 on is completlly useless and not up to the job... i had to bodge a washer onto me girlfriedns tigra just to get the clutch pedal to do its job... Glad its not just me that had to do this. I have a '97 1.5TD and I was horrified at the cheap plastic bits on the top of the clutch pedal. I had the crunchy gears, hard to get in reverse, generally made the car hard to drive. I wasn't convinced that adjusting the cable was the right thing to do - a worn clutch will get easier to disengage, not harder. Turns out that the nipple on the end of the clutch cable that goes in the pedal had worn away the plastic on the pedal guide and the first 5 or 10 mm or travel on the pedal just twisted the end of the cable sideways and distorted the plastic on the top of the pedal. No amount of adjusting was going to get that travel back into the cable, the pedal design was just crap. I fabricated a 15mm wide steel channel with a 3mm slot in it to sit under the end of the cable aroud the plastic bits of the pedal and the gears are all sorted. Basically the "washer with wings" is to strengthen the slot that the cable sits in to stop it pulling through. The sides of the channel wrap around the pedal plastic to stop it rotating off. No more grinding the gears, and the car is nice to drive again. If you've got grinding gears, difficult to get into reverse, etc, you might wanna have a look at the end of the clutch cable where it joins onto the pedal to see if that is the problem before just adjusting the cable. [Edited on 08-09-2007 by Rob Withey]
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 09:41
	my nissan is going to meet the same faith....
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 09:34
	Fekk it... its getting fixed, then sold
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 09:01
	maybe go out and kick it... or hit it with a branch of a tree? might make you feel better:lol::o
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:53
	quote: Originally posted by Siberia ah... your starting to get like i was...:lol: i'm so glad i didnt scrap my one... its going to be my drag slag.. it has to be somethng simple.... something simple that means i'm stuck at work without any bus fare or coffee and a fucking piece of scrap masquerading as a car in the carpark
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:45
	ah... your starting to get like i was...:lol: i'm so glad i didnt scrap my one... its going to be my drag slag.. it has to be somethng simple....
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:37
	I forsee a for sale add in the not too distant future :\|
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:29
	whip the inspection plate off and get a torch and see if you can see anything wrong... really is a strange one... like a clutch is a clutch its a piece of piss to fit like...:lol:
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:23
	it was a 3 piece kit... bearing, pressure plate and disc, its going back tonight, going to try a new box on there
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:21
	just to totally rule it out... check the pedal and make sure the cable is still there... the later design... i think it was from 97 on is completlly useless and not up to the job... i had to bodge a washer onto me girlfriedns tigra just to get the clutch pedal to do its job... however it sounds to be as though something in the gearbox is fooked... bring it back to the guys you fitted the clutch for you... they havent done something right.. is the reliese baring new?
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:16
	doesn't seem to be no, thats why i've adjusted the cable to bring the arm in towards the gearbox allowing me to disengage the clutch
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:14
	the little arm on top of the gearbox that the cable connects to... is this returning back to were it should be?
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:12
	quote: Originally posted by Siberia is the cable is still on the top of the pedal? Yep:boggle: perhaps its stretched, and is about to snap ????
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:10
	is the cable is still on the top of the pedal?
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:08
	coverplate is new, cable hasn't snapped and everything looks tight :(
Siberia	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:07
	:lol: what the feck have you done..... erm... really strange one... either the spring on the clutch cover is buggered... the arm that controls the movment of the cluthc realise baring has come loose from its mounts of the cable has snapped... [Edited on 22-02-2006 by Siberia]
Rileysport	posted on 22nd Feb 06 at 08:01
	had a new clutch fitted t'other day as the old one was dragging... anyway on the way to work today i dipped the clutch and the pedal didn't come back up (stayed at the floor) yet the cable hasn't snapped :boggle: ive adjusted the cable to give some clutchiness but its just like it was before, with the buggered clutch on :( any ideas???