Slipping Clutch

[KOAD]

Is this something I should attempt myself or is it a nightmare job? Anyone replaced a clutch?

Also for this type of work can a none rex garage be trusted ?

[MikeLMR]

the 1st gen is nothing special in the clutch department, any garage should be able to manage it, if you\'ve got some mechanical know how its not that hard a job to do yourself, I\'ve only ever taken the box out of a 1st gen but it wasn\'t too hard and I was on my own. usually the tricky part is getting it lined up again and back on the input shaft. Again having/borowing the right tools can help no end in lining up the pressure plate.

[KOAD]

great

Thanks for the advice. I think I will book it in. I can do these things but I tend to take too long!


Use it as an everyday car so cannot afford to have it of the road too long.

I also need to replace the bushes. Can a normal garage do this and any clue how expensive?

[MikeLMR]

which bushes ?

[KOAD]

To be honest most of them. They are all in a pretty poor state.

On advice of a non rex petrol head. He suggested it would be a good thing to do and would make a huse differnce to ride etc

[MikeLMR]

most of the yanks just replace the ones in the front and leave the worn bushes in the rear as it helps stop the links from binding.

A full set of bushes in the UK works out to be quite expensive but they can be had for not a lot of money from suppliers in the US, some of them require pressing in and out of the components + it will need a full allignment afterwards.

[KOAD]

Sorry to be stupid but what do you mean by "and leave the worn bushes in the rear as it helps stop the links from binding. "

I thought leaving them in a bad state would cause the links to bind?!?!

:confused:

Pete

[MikeLMR]

worn bushes in the rear should allow for more freedom of movement, which is good for the rear end as the geometry relys on the rubber bushes being compliant as if the linkages were made with links that had no "give" in them it would bind up as its an impossible combination of linkages.

The yanks seem to replace the bushes in one set of leading arms and leave the rest worn so that the links are less likely to bind during hard cornering.