ahhhhhhh help

[Messenjah]

right guys i put my new engine into the capri ready for CF and its in and it runs which is all well and good but there is a major issue with the clutch

 

the biting point is RIGHT at the top of the pedal and i have adjusted the cable as much as i can .... whats gone wrong cable is routed the same way as before and was never actuall disconected its a brand new clutch aswell ... what have i done ?

[Stu_B]

Wrong thrust bearing?

[JP.]

Is your clutch plate facing the right way..........

 

Had similar probs with a Capri where the previous owner had put the plate upside down..

[Messenjah]

i could only seem to put it in one way round i dunno if its right or wrong ?

[HotRodMatt]

Should've said on the clutch plate something like 'this side to engine' or just 'engine' on the hub around the splines.

 

Cheers

 

Matt out

[RS2kSX]

have you tightened the cable up too much?

[deltamal]

Had the same problem with a clutch in the early days of car fixing, I had put the plate on the wrong way round, it should say "flywheel side" on one of the of the plate.......

[Messenjah]

right just took the gearbox out and the clutch plate was not the wrong way round so now i have no idea what was wrong with it ? any other ideas because i dont wanna bolt it all back up and find i have the same problem especially as it will be even more awkward now because i dropped the box on my little finger and broke it.

[LEONMEX]

as said before wrong release bearing perhaps? Is is still the same clutch fork (perhaps bent? other than that im not to sure really?

[bazpro]

theres a thread on here somewhere showing the correct thrust bearing for the clutch cover you have.

ive got the same problem with my mk2 escort and its because it has the wrong thrust bearing.

[Messenjah]

same fork and dosnt look bent other then factory designed bends because none of the edges are bowed if you know what i mean and the release bearing hasd the samepart number of r1.6 and 2.0 pintos .... i dunno

[Messenjah]

found that thread and that just tells me i have the right one:S

[sambo]

I remember having to use a long spacer for the cable to go through (bit of tube) to take up the slack when putting a t 9 box in my escort years ago?

Might be the solutiuon but then again if its all std capri stuff???

[X FLOW EDDY]

Just a thought but i had to fit a clutch cable to a mates diesel transit on the road side last week end and we strugled like hell geting the ball end in the clutch arm and the ajustment was way out, now i have fitted loads or tranny clutch cables over the years but none were as bad as this until i noticed that the bobbin that the cable runs in the centre of that goes through the bulkhead had fallen forward and droped down and taken all the ajustment with it After slotting the bobbin back in the bulkhead propper it worked as it should. Worth a look.

[Messenjah]

ahhaaaaaa the threasd witht he information about release bearings helped even though im not sure its right but the upshot of this is i think thast is the problem after all

 

the pressure plate i took off had flat fingers the one i have now has curly fingers so i need the slimline if you will release bearing not the chunky fecker ive got ast the moment

 

 

where cxan i get one and how much is it going to cost me lol