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[tricky123]

Dont want to be a pain but i have searched on here and can`t find any threads where someone has had the same problem as i have.
just over a month ago my clutch stopped working as in the pedal went solid. most people that replied to me then, sugested a hydraulic problem and so i fitted new master and slave cylinders and a new one piece hose between the two.
I thought i had cured it , as it has been ok ish for the last few weeks but now its gone again.
Amongst the receipts i got when i bought the car there is one for a clutch fitted in Jan 06. Its a carb cooper with verto clutch.
Has anyone come accross it before ? does it sound like its the clutch and what do i look for when i get into it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[icklemini]

have known the two big nuts on the end of the plunger to wind up the thread and hit the 'wok' - results in a solid pedal!

[*DJH*]

Christ, i worried what the question was going to be with a title like that! 'Help ! why has it gone hard ?'

[biggav]

Christ, i worried what the question was going to be with a title like that! 'Help ! why has it gone hard ?'

Thought i was going to have to explain my life story again!!!!!

[Phaeton]

It could also be that the clutch input shaft (the one with the big nuts on) has seized up, try some W40 & the grease.

Alan...

[*DJH*]

[tricky123]

Christ, i worried what the question was going to be with a title like that! 'Help ! why has it gone hard ?'

LOL , soz for the shock tactics , just desperate to get back on the road. Is that your car ? it looks ace mate !

[tricky123]

It could also be that the clutch input shaft (the one with the big nuts on) has seized up, try some W40 & the grease.

Alan...

Thanks Alan , i`ll give that a go . From what ive heard the clutch is not a simple job , but i`ve bought a flywheel puller incase i have to tackle it.
Cheers , Trev

[*DJH*]

Christ, i worried what the question was going to be with a title like that! 'Help ! why has it gone hard ?'

LOL , soz for the shock tactics , just desperate to get back on the road. Is that your car ? it looks ace mate !

Yep that's mine, every inch of it

[Timtom]

the one with the big nuts on

[Dan]

Could be the release bearing has fallen apart. Or as said above the plunger (input shaft?? ) is siezed.

[Guess-Works.com]

The last time I came across this symptom it was the master cylinder (but you've replaced that), but there's an easy way to check if it is still that...

First thing to check is, is the clutch arm under load from the slave (ie there's hydralic pressure), if not then ignore the hydraulics...

If it is, then release the pressure by undoing the slave bleed nipple (fluid may spurt out)... tighten the nipple and then go press the clutch pedal repeatedly, if it goes hard and stops moving, it's the master which is not letting the built up pressure back into the resevoir.... or there is not enough pressure in the clutch spring to push it back...

Are the throw-out stop nuts wound in preventing the arm from moving..

[Nic]

Thats exactley what happpend to my car, it was working fine then the peadel just went soild. undid the two bolts mentioned in the 2nd pot and worked fina again. good luck

[Sprocket]

Siezed plunger in wok, clutch disengaged

Edited by Mini Sprocket, 21 March 2007 - 10:45 PM.

[taffy1967]

Do you mean this thing: -