Hey Again,

I am due for a new clutch in my 1996 4x4. It no longer stops the car from moving forward when the pedal is in and the gear changes are super stiff!

Any suggestions for which clutch kit to buy??? How hard is the job??? Any hints or tips to make it go a little a easier, any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

 

Sounds more like a hydrolic issue than the clutch. You say that when the pedal is depressed you still move foreward?

 

Really? I am all for hearing I do not have to replace the clutch!

Yes when the clutch is depressed the car still tries to creep forward, if selected in a gear. It is easy to stop the creep foward using breaks but you can hear the clutch squealing if you do this.

Also the gear changed is stiff, the best description I could give is it is like the pedal does not go full travel and the clutch remains semi engaged (The pedal does go full travel but the clutch is acting as if it is not).

Could this be the master cylinder??? I was told there is no adjustment on these clutches????

Cheers for help

 

To my understanding it is a sealed system. IE if one component fails the entire assembly must be replaced. The system is extremely difficult to test. At least with any continuity.

If you quickly pump the pedal several times then try to engage does it change the feel any? Similar to bleeding brakes. Perhaps you can build enough pressure to make the clutch behave normally. If so youd almost certainly have your answer.

 

Yeah, what skyshark said. The hydraulic system was not built with a bleed valve so it cannot be serviced (at least not easily... I did bleed mine once).

But, I'm going to throw another suggestion into the mix. If the clutch is original, the fingers on the pressure plate could be loosing their integrity so they can't push the pressure plate off the clutch.

It could be either one of those two problems, but I'd start with the hydraulic system.